Good Read of the Month

I stumbled across this book during one of my weekly library visits with my boys. The title caught my attention. I opened the book up, read the first few pages and began to weep. Reading this book causes me to reflect on the women in my life and causes me to do some soul searching. Letters written to our First Lady by women who are first ladies in their own rights. Women who have written about how they see Michelle Obama and how she represents them or someone they know or hold dear. Women who took the time to write a heartfelt letter to someone they admire and respect. I love this book of letters/compliments and will cherish it with all my visions of Michelle Obama and her family, our First Family. It's a showcase of love, that will always spring forth tears of joy and admiration for that family of brown folk in the White House. I thank the authors, Barbara A. Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram, and I thank the all first ladies who wrote the letters and poems to Our First Lady Michelle Obama.

Tuesday Tidbit

God Made Moms To Teach Their Children That.....Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder.

Ladies, our children's view of self beauty should be validated by their parents early on. All parents should be confirming their boys and girls by letting them know that they are handsome/beautiful. When we look at our children we should readily see a form of God's beauty. Let them know early on that they are beautiful in the skin they are in -- building up self esteem and nurturing a positive self image while they are young prepares them for life. Compliment them on their skin, their hair, their smiles, and their bodies....all the things God created and blessed them with. Cultivate their inner beauty. Tell them that the reflection they see in the mirror is beautiful...flaws and all. Let them know that TRUE beauty is more than skin deep and that inner beauty is also attractive. Let us remind them as well as ourselves that God looks at the heart and that beauty is in the e ye of the beholder. Ask yourself today what beauty or beauties are your eyes and your children's eyes beholding.

Be blessed and encouraged today, it's your choice. ~Delphine

I see the beauty of God's grace and mercy.....when I see a new day because tomorrow is not promised.

I see the beauty of life.....when I see a pregnant woman or a old man/woman.

I see the beauty of Africa...when I look at my husband.

I see the beauty of healthy teeth and mouth.....when I see my son Destin smile.

I see the beauty of raising boys.....when I look at my boys.

I see the beauty of unity.....during praise and worship at church.

I see the beauty of a black woman.....when I look in the mirror.

I see the beauty of sister-hood.....when I am out chilling with my girls.

This is just a peek of the abundance of BEAUTY that my eyes behold.


Ecclesiastes 3:11, He hath made every thing beautiful in his time.

Tuesday Tidbit

God Made Moms To Teach Their Children....To Say " I Love You".

It feels good to be loved. And it feels good to be told that you are. Growing up I don't remember being told "I love you" as much as I tell my kids that "I love ya'll" or even hear it being said to me as often as I hear it from them. I'm amazed at how nurturing and loving they are. I really believe you teach people, how you want to be treated and I'm glad that I show love and get treated in love.

Be blessed and encouraged today, it's your choice. ~Delphine

Romans 12:10 Love one another with brotherly affection [as members of one family], giving precedence and showing honor to one another.

1 John 3:18 Little children, let us not love [merely] in theory or in speech but in deed and in truth (in practice and in sincerity).

Proverbs 3:12 For whom the Lord loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.