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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

by shaylajay | October 31, 2011 | Article | 4 Comments

This will be my only post this week because it is a post that is very dear to my heart. I want my viewers to see this post for the entire week. It is my prayer that this post will encourage women who have not been getting their annual mammograms or those...

Leave a Legacy

by shaylajay | September 27, 2016 | Article | 2 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I chartered a yacht and cruised down the Tennessee River with some amazing women who always inspire me to be the best. I know it has been a while since I sat at this computer and wrote a blog, but I've been doing some...

Pink Noire Beauty Supply

by shaylajay | April 4, 2025 | Featured Artist, Article | 0 Comments

I took a short trip to Memphis, Tennessee with my little one, and we met a beautiful young lady, Chasity Monroe, who is owner of the only female, black-owned beauty supply store in Memphis. Pink Noire Beauty Supply was founded by Chasity in April of 2022. Chasity...

Dear Sallie Mae

by shaylajay | April 29, 2015 | Article | 4 Comments

"Southern University, defenders of the gold and blue. We will always loyal be and we will raise a cheer for you. All for one and one for all, we've got the will to win for thee. So fight, fight, fight, fight, 'til we win the victory! Go Jags, go!"...

Beauty Rest

by shaylajay | April 11, 2012 | Article | 4 Comments

I have been debating on bed linens for spring/summer. I love white and the calming effect it has in a bedroom, so I chose white. I also used espresso feather down pillows as accent pieces and this is the end result --- simple and not fussy at all. My night...

The Key

by shaylajay | June 9, 2014 | Article | 0 Comments

George Washington Carver said, "Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom." Mr. Carver was an agricultural chemist who discovered three hundred uses for peanuts and hundreds more uses for soybeans, pecans and sweet potatoes. His contributions to...

God’s Timing

by shaylajay | July 29, 2011 | Article | 7 Comments

A few days ago, one of my friends appeared frustrated that she was still single and that marriage appeared to be nowhere in sight. For the past two weeks, my pastor has also been preaching specifically to singles. So, I decided that today I am going to talk to my...

The Great Defender

by shaylajay | December 12, 2024 | Article | 0 Comments

Every Christmas, we celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. We think about the life, the hope, and the peace that He brought into this world, and the benefits that his resurrection brings for all of us as God's children. Hope gives you peace when things...

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

by shaylajay | September 26, 2011 | Article | 8 Comments

This weekend was so awesome that I had to blog about it. I spoke during a women's encounter on "The Cross," and you will never know the joy that is in my heart from seeing so many women walk away from this weekend knowing their worth and walking in the authority...

Live Life

by shaylajay | March 17, 2016 | Article | 30 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I felt a large mass in my breast. I had just checked my breasts in the shower on Sunday. On Tuesday, I had a throbbing sensation near the lower part of my breast that I knew was not there before. I immediately called my doctor....

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