Hello Asklatisha blog readers, happy New Year to you all, it’s been a long time I know. Did you miss me? I know I missed you. How has your New Year been so far? For me, so far so good, but I can’t say the same for last year.

Last year was the worst year I’ve ever experienced in my life. It was a testing time, a challenging time, a season of confusion and despair; I faced many trials and lost a special treasure.

In 2011, around the month of March, I learned I was pregnant; in the month of July, I learned it was a boy. That same month I also learned he was unable to pass urine, and this could cause serious problems in his development. I was given the option to terminate pregnancy, but chose not to do so.

I couldn’t do that because I’d already felt my son moving inside of me and seen his beautiful frame in the ultra sound, my love for and bond with him already existed. Terminating pregnancy, to me, would have been murder. Read the rest of this entry »

Napoleon Hill said, “No man, apart from the insane, takes any sort of action without a motive”.

The 9 basic Motives are:

Emotion of Love, Emotion of Sex, Desire for Material Gain, Desire for Self-Preservation, Desire for freedom of body and mind, Desire for self-expression and recognition, Desire for life after death, Desire for revenge and Emotion of Fear.

Food for thought right?

What motivates you and why?

Leave your comments below.

I’m feeling feelings today. Yup, I’m one of those people. Sometimes I consider it a blessing to feel things the way I feel them, because everything is heightened. My excitement and joy feels wonderful. Then other times it’s a curse, my sadness and despair is unbearable.  Read the rest of this entry »

You may be wondering what’s up with the three titles above. Well, honestly I didn’t want to choose between any of these three prospective titles because they all reflect what I am going to write about. So you pick whichever one you like the best and let me know, okay.

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Off the bat, I’ll admit that I knew I was wrong, but that didn’t stop me from being angry. Read the rest of this entry »