Shine a Light on Your S.H.A.D.E.S.
I survived! What a ride! Another amazing year has passed and I am forever transformed from its lessons, learned and unlearned. After experiencing the devastating loss of losing my mother to a long-term battle with Alzheimer’s in 2016, I made 2017 my year of “doing Kimberly”. If you read any of my blogs, you’d know that …
How have you persevered in your discouragement? After experiencing several challenging situations back to back in the past few weeks, it reminded me of a sermon given by my Pastor, Sam Moore of Conqueror’s Church http://www.conquerorschurch.org : Seeing in the “better” requires proper perspective, right attitude, and constant passion. When the spirit of discouragement attacks, you must …
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The attached photos are from a destination wedding my husband and I attended with family and friends a week ago. Travel is a very integral part of my life as I look forward to planning a trip every year. I wanted to share this journey with my 50+ family and encourage you to pursue the …
Aloha! After spending a spectacular week on the beautiful Maui Hawaiian Island for a wedding and to celebrate my 25th wedding anniversary, I realized that all of my trips, aside from family, have been on some tropical island. I am truly an island girl! I love the waterways, sandy beaches, vegetation, rainforest, and all its …
Greetings, I am honored to represent 50+ShadesOfUs as an invited guest to ‘The Made Man’ Male Leadership Honors Event taking place in Detroit on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. The Made Man will honor over 30 African American male leaders and inspire, educate, and suite underserved …
According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), nearly 250,000 people will be diagnosed with breast cancer in this year alone. Statistics show that approximately 1 in 8 women are diagnosed with breast cancer. I’m sure many of us either knows someone, or have heard of someone being diagnosed at some point in their lives! To …
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2016/11/02/ Richard Eisenberg, contributor of Next Avenue, a public media national journalism service for America’s booming 50+ population, shares that although people over 50 may not be as technically savvy as the millennials, we are wiser, more flexible, and have added experience that gives us an edge. I can certainly identify with this trend as I am currently using my knowledge, and experience …
We just experienced a season of unrest and turmoil across the nation (i.e. unstable administration of our government officials in the “highest office”; civil unrest of our people; deadly attacks of peaceful demonstrators by hate groups; and the more recent devastation of flooding of entire communities in the State of Texas from hurricane Harvey. Being …