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Dare to Read & Listen to the Word of God... The Bible

Proverbs Chapter 1

⁷ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools; despise wisdom and instruction.

*Skip down to verse*:

²⁰ Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,

she raises her voice in the public square;

^{21 on top of the wall she cries out, at the city gate she makes her speech:}

^{22 “How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?}

^{How long will mockers delight in mockery}

^{and fools hate knowledge?}

²³ Repent at my rebuke!

^{Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,}

^{I will make known to you my teachings.}

²⁴ But since you refuse to listen when I call

^{and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,}

²⁵ since you disregard all my advice

^{and do not accept my rebuke,}

²⁶ I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you;

^{I will mock when calamity overtakes you—}

²⁷ when calamity overtakes you like a storm,

^{when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,}

^{when distress and trouble overwhelm you.}

^{28 “Then they will call to me but I will not answer;}

^{they will look for me but will not find me,}

²⁹ since they hated knowledge

^{and did not choose to fear the LORD.}

³⁰ Since they would not accept my advice

^{and spurned my rebuke,}

³¹ they will eat the fruit of their ways

^{and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.}

³² For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,

^{and the complacency of fools will destroy them;}

³³ but whoever listens to me will live in safety

^{and be at ease, without fear of harm.”}

^{May The Lord Add A Rich Blessing to the Reading and APPLICATION of His Word! This is my Prayer, Amen....}

Just As I Am... An Original!

In life, sometimes I often find myself wondering. "God, what really is my purpose"? I ask myself question along this line of reasoning and to be honest I've been doing it for so many years I can't even tell you when I began thinking about my Life Purpose. I have recently come to a ground breaking NEW conclusion! Ta da! It's OK for me to be a bit on the odd side! Wow... what a simplistic thought. From a strictly conception point of view you might be thinking. Um... why is this such a hard idea to grasp? The truth is for so many years of my life I've tried to please everyone around me from family members, to friends, to different men I have dated. One thing that's becoming crystal clear is that while I was trying so hard to be liked, I had lost my true self identity. I wanted to badly to be accepted by those around me including my peers and family that well I suppressed my thoughts, concepts, ideologies for the sake of those around me. I wanted to assimilate or blend in to badly that I abandoned everything from my true career aspirations and even life partners just for a glimpse of a chance to be accepted.

My prospective on some of the contributing factors to my lack of self confidence in the aspect of my personality stems from my early childhood development. For those of you who don't know, I was home-schooled until the 6th grade. Consequently, I NEVER had a BFF from the first grade. So my entire life up until this point I have often felt isolated and less than or shunned. I wanted acceptance so bad that at one time I cried and begged my parents to cut off all my hair when I was a child. At that time, I figured that since my hair was at the center of attention with my peer group the only way for me to be able to relate to them was to CUT all my hair off. You see, except for a select few including mostly family members it was more than an oddity for a young girl with my skin complexion to have such long, think, beautiful locks of hair. I wanted nothing more for years than to be bold or what I considered to be bald at that time. I wanted to have a "Just for me Relaxer".... It's quite funny thinking back on that now. Due to the grade and texture of my hair I've never needed a relaxer but having a relaxer was THE IN thing growing up! It was almost like a right of passage for young girls of color.

However, I'm now realizing that its perfectly fine for my hair, skin complexion, and body shape and other characteristics including deeper things like my thoughts to be different from the masses. Snowflakes at first glance may look all the same but by closer inspection one might be surprised to find just how much detail goes into a snowflake. I picked the snowflake analogy to highlight the concept that each of us has gifts, talents, and dreams that are specific to each of Us. It is these differences that give us the ability to make a difference in the world around us be it by community involvement, community service, youth or young adult mentor-ship or some other cause. In many cases we focus too much on our differences rather than joining forces for the common good. However, when it comes to who you are as a person, I say you should EMBRACE your differences and cultivate all your God given talents, abilities, and gifts! I'm learning to accept the fact that God actually created me for a specific purpose and took time to make me Just As I Am...

Hair by Miss Mocha

I specialize in Natural Hair! I enjoy teaching women and girls how to take care of their hair! I've lived around the hair industry my entire life. So I figured, I would go back to one of my former loves.... HAIR! Many of you know that I did hair back when I was a student at Andrews University. I mainly do corn rolls and twist and I just decided to take pictures of some of the hair styles that I do to showcase my abilities. I am officially taking appointments! Call or Email me for pricing! As always I appreciate you supporting my various business ventures! God has so much in store for us all in 2011! Can't you feel it?

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Cooking Christmas Eve Lunch with Natasha AKA Mocha!

It's All about THE Presentation, Texture, Smells, & Taste of Course! Turkey, Cheese, & Egg Melt, w/Hot TAZO Organic Apple Red Tea & Chips! Time to EAT Y'all!

Is MY Living In Vain?

I grew up listening to the original version of the song but then 

I saw this one afternoon on TV and I JUST found it! So be Blessed!

A Sinners Prayer

This song has gotten me through a many of my hardships...

I'm Just Fine, Trust Me!

This song is dedicated to... Well that person knows who they are! 

I hope you get the message... No blog on the topic... Just this song! 

So if you ask me that's progress! 

Don't Let Me Be MisUnderstood!

This song is dedicated to all those who continually Misunderstand Me!

It seems that no matter what I do or say I'm ALWAYS Misunderstood... 

So this song is to all of those who just don't seem to understand me...

Heather Headley and Smokie Norful

MERCY! Watch this VIDEO and BE Blessed!

LIFE Parallels

I am a FIRM believe in the concept that says that PICTURES are worth 1000 words. But being that I'm such an analytical THINKER, Reader, Researcher, Talker, and Blogger I must write! So I got the JET in the MAIL today. I was planning on doing so many different things but as soon as I read the cover I was SIDETRACKED. I couldn't help myself! I thumbed through the magazine to the table of contents and found the cover article containing the UPDATE that I've been waiting on! What's been going on with Miss Keyshia Cole I had been wondering! SHE is such an INSPIRATION to me. To those of you who don't like her voice, personality or any of the above I can understand that. I say that because there are many who either LOVE, Like Me or are somewhere on either spectrum.

Being that I am ATTEMPTING to TURN over A new leaf in regards to my negative/pessimistic view of life I am going to TRY to LOOK from the prospective that my life glass is HALF Full rather than HALF Empty... Ok with all that out, lets get back on track to what I'm actually writing about today... Keyshia Cole!!! As I was reading the lead/intro (lead-part of the story that's supposed to catch the readers Attention) to the article I was struck. I thought to myself..."I could have written" this or this could be about me with a few minor adjustments. Rather than making those adjustments I will simply write my critique of the article and being that those of you who read my BLOG or know me should be able to use your deductive reasoning skills and connect the dots of her story to my story. So I guess that may mean you have to do a bit of homework or either flip through the Rolodex of your mind to figure out why I would relate to the story of Keyshia Cole. I'm going to pick out a few KEY QUOTES and commentary from the article. You just might see why I personally SEE so MANY life Parallels! Hence the title of this particular rant/blog article/or whatever title you want to give to this written expression of what's going on in my mind...

• Moving forward.... Ok the intro to the article says the following: Keyshia Cole says she's in a great space these days.
  
• "Life is good. I understand me as a woman." Her life appears calm. She had distanced herself from a lot of drama --- some of it family drama--- she says.
  
• Her mother, Frankie, is a former drug addict. As a child, Cole was placed in a foster home and later adopted in Oakland, California.
  
• She is also establishing a foundation to help young women. She says she wants women faced with challenges and a troubled past to know there is hope.
  
• "You don't have to worry, you can make it," Cole says. "My struggle wasn't easy, but I kept the faith and I made it." She revels that her relationship with her mother is "cordial".
  
• While she won't be specific about what happened in her relationship with her mother, Cole says to JET, "Things went down that I really wasn't that happy about."
  
• But says she's learned some new things this year. "You have to let people be themselves. Don't try to make them you." Frankie told JET: "We've always been friends first, but we have our ups and downs. I have to learn how to conduct myself in a motherly manner, that's the only problem she has with me."
  
• Neffy (Keyshia's Sister) told JET: "No matter what we go through, we are family."
  

The next part of the article transitions into Keyshia's Relationship background on the couple

• How they ended up together-Keyshia told JET she recalls the meeting that led to her relationship: She said, "somebody want to meet you," Cole says, telling the story of the introduction. "I was so, like, I'm over it." I don't want to go through it.
  
• But he won her heart by some of the things he would text me and email me, like Bible quotes and things that consumed him as a person in his everyday life. I liked the fact that he is a God-fearing man and has his head on right."
  
• According to Jet: They are planning a wedding date, she says. "We are talking about it. We have to schedule around our schedules. Cole's fans are in for a treat with Calling All Hearts. She has really mixed it up with strong melodies and some hip-hop sounds. She takes you to church on Thank You as she thanks God for her many blessings. She started recording the CD before she fell in love with Gibson, so there are a few "heartbreak" songs. "There's the old Keyshia and the new Keyshia," she says. "He says it feels good for me not to be a male-basher," Cole says. "He says it feels good to hear growth and hear something different." * End of JET article
  

NOW on to my comments! Notice the Caption on the JET cover: New Mama, NO DRAMA...

I could be on this cover and it would read: NEW Purpose, NO DRAMA: Moving Forward with God's Plan, AU Grad School (Prayerfully Summer 2010), The Mary Kay Factor, Music (My CD Project: I CRY Out: Release Date My 28th Birthday Weekend if all goes according to plan)!!!!

*As you can SEE My life is quite busy and will continue to be busy! But I'm UP for the Challenge!

I bet you thought I was going to rant and rave about the obvious LIFE Parallels! Ha, Surprise I didn't! This is a HUGE attempt not to be negative in my writing or blogging.... How am I doing? I would say I'm making small steps towards making a change in my MINDSET...
Do you See the LIFE Parallels?

Alicia Keys - Unbreakable

ALABASTER BOX (LIVE) - CECE WINANS

My New LIFE theme Song...

Today I experienced THE Spiritual Breakthrough that I was praying for. I am asking for God to continue to work on my heart and mind so that I will accept God's GIFT of Grace and to leave behind all of the issues of my past and claim the VICTORY for today in this moment. So I'm not claiming to be a totally new person. I am the same Mocha Chick the only differance is that I am choosing to accept God's gift today and to surrender my entire life and heart to God so that I can truly be used as an Instrument of Praise...

Portrait of a Worshiper

Title: Portrait of a Worshiper

Speaker: Sheila LeSure

Main Text: John 4:23

Key Points:

God is seeking not just WORSHIP but WORSHIPERS

Old Testament worshiper: David's relationship with God was so real that he expressed himself openly to God through worship which was an extension of his relationship with God.

Every single gospel recounts the experience of Mary Magdalene and how her life was changed through her worship and devotion to Jesus.

Mary Magdalene was not at the Top of the List when it came to the Who's Who of her Community.

When there is Jesus then there is WORSHIP.

Jesus is the object or should be the OBJECT of all of our Worship, Praise.

In the central story there a few key characters: Simon, Martha, Lazarus, & Mary Magdalene

while they all were in the presence of Jesus all the time ONLY one of the FOUR was a true Worshiper!

Worship as defined by the Speaker: Worship- Great Devotion, Showing Respect & Honor to God.

7 Types of Worship

1. Affirmative- When you affirm that God is the head of your life by YOUR relationship with God which is DEMONSTRATED through your WORSHIP or Praise
2. Act-When you Openly express how you feel towards God 
   
3. Conversation-When the communication that you have with God is expressed through your worship
4. Outcome of Fellowship with God-Meaning that you acknowledge that it is God and God alone who can feel the void in our lives and its demonstrated by our worship
5. Awesome- Acknowledging that God is God because of who He is
6. True Worship defined by the unashamed pouring out of one's self to God
7. Extravagant Love requires EXTREME Obedience

Equation for Grace as applied to the specific story of Mary Magdalene: Worship Encounter (Time of Deliverance) + Jesus + Church Members + Teachers of the Law=GRACE 

True Worshipers Myths UNCOVERED

People who surrender to becoming an instrument of Praise are NOT dressed for Worship in many cases at their first Worship encounter: For example Mary Magdalene when she was cast in front of the feet of Jesus to be stoned something different took place...

True Worshipers know their condition of SIN Very Clearly: Therefore, telling someone like myself something like "You're Going to GO to HELL Wicked Woman for ...." Will have little to NO effect on me. This is because I'm fully aware of the fact that MY life isn't in compliance with my knowledge base. I know that my LIFESTYLE at times is not at ALL in line with God's plan or outline for my life. 

People like myself who know the truth BUT choose to LIVE contrary to that truth have deep emotional inner conflict. It's because while we are trying to assimilate into a non-christian environment we or I try EXTRA hard to quiet the HOLY Spirit! In the past I have tried to DRINK away the voice, DANCE away the voice, LAUGH away the voice BUT the HOLY Spirit won't give up. THEN what's worse is that the entire time I'm trying to quite the urging of the HOLY Spirit people are steadily telling me "Hey Lady, you clearly don't belong here." I think to myself WHAT do I have a SIGN on my forehead or backside that says: I DON'T Belong! I mean because in my mind I've done an EXCELLENT job at looking like I'm a Non-Christian. I've taken GREAT pains to make sure that my attire, accessories, and even speech pattern and content of my conversation is exactly as it needs to be for me to not be considered a fake! But I kid you NOT even with all that preparation... Someone always comes and says, You Don't Belong!

• We as humans control Nothing ONLY God controls and allows things to happen in His infinite WISDOM 
• Jesus when the Mary Magdalene was brought to Him for judgment rather than VERBALLY addressing the "Church Leadership of that Day" Jesus did something Amazing! Jesus STOOPED down TO Save Mary Magdalene by WRITING down the secret sins of the Church Leaders! Side note... Jesus likes to WRITE to address issues or confrontation Just Like ME, Imagine that! Wow, in all my years of hearing this story I had NEVER understood it that way! So I took that to mean that Jesus in His everlasting love for mankind and more specifically MYSELF Jesus is willing to Stoop down TO Save me... This concept BLEW my Mind... I was done after the reality of that point hit home in my mind and heart. I could NO longer resist the moving of the HOLY Spirit. I could No longer act like this whole LOVE thing that people Preach or Teach about didn't apply to me. For the very first time in my life I truly grasped the concept of God's Love for me. And it was in that moment that my heart of ICE or Stone was changed...
• Jesus isn't concerned with condemning ME or anyone else for that matter. It clicked that GOD already knows that I'm a Sinner and even though I feel unworthy of God's LOVE, Mercy, & Grace... I got to see clearly the MIND of God in reference to my constant state of SIN. I got to understand that it's GOD who loves me unconditionally! It's God who knows me, It's God who TRULY understands my inner struggles, It's God who sees my tears, It's God who hears my prayers, It's God who knows my heart, mind, and soul. 
• True Worship is cultivated through a personal relationship with God and is expressed OPENLY because the WORSHIPER knows what it is to be LOST, Depressed, and Isolated from the LOVE and Fellowship of the Church! But the Worshiper has NO regard for others who are looking, others who are judging, others who are staring or pointing. The TRUE Worshiper is able to TUNE out ALL other distractions in that moment of Worship because their EXPERIENCE in SIN was so Painful that they can't help but to Shout, Sing, and Dance and GIVE All Honor and Praise to God. This is because the TRUE Worshiper has been delivered from the dark and lonely PIT of SIN, Depression, and Isolation. SO this person can't simply sing hymns calmly like "Great is thy Faithfulness", or "Blessed Assurance" calmly because they didn't have a gentle encounter with God. They had a MAJOR encounter with God so therefore their worship is proportionate to THEIR EXPERIENCE! 
• We (Humans) ALWAYS respond to God 1 of 2 ways

1. WE either turn Away or
2. WE Turn to God & Worship

• Jesus ALWAYS sees a Worshiper (His Child)--- Jesus didn't look at Mary Magdalene and think look at the pitiful, dirty, woman who is basically naked. NO Jesus sees a Child who is in NEED of Redemption, Grace, and Mercy! *Clearly another WOW moment...

The VERY first worship encounter Mary Magdalene had with Jesus was when she VERBALLY acknowledged Jesus as Lord by responding to the question that Jesus asked when He said, "Mary where are the "Church leaders" who brought you for judgement" My loose interpretation. First of all to truly understand the dialogue you have to understand the context. In my minds eye I see Mary Magdalene down on the ground totally embarrassed by the the fact that she had number one been caught in sexual sin, and number two that she couldn't HIDE her body or Sin in the Dark like she had grown accustomed to doing in years past. The situation was that like me she often felt like she was getting away with something. That some how she was able to fool people by not actually being caught. The thing is people always talked about her so she could care less about this because she thought in her mind , "well they CAN'T PROVE Anything!" But here she was on the ground at the feet of Jesus and there was no where to hid like she had done in years, weeks, and days past. Here she was she knew she deserved to be stoned but rather than being stoned Jesus spoke some LIFE changing words to her, "Neither do I condemn you MY Child!" What, I'm Sure she thought you see in my mind she was poised and ready to met death she was willing to be stoned she knew that for the first time in her life she actually was CAUGHT in the very thing that in that day in age would COST her... her LIFE! Yet Jesus spoke to her in words of LOVE, Affirmation and in a tone of encouragement He said, "Neither do I condemn you My Child, GO and Sin no more." Wow talk about a Worship encounter! This woman knew that she deserved death but she knew to call Jesus Lord because HE had delivered HER when SHE Did not in ANY Way deserve to be SAVED or Redeemed.

• Jesus Loves to Save-Neither do I condemn you My Child
• Go and Sin no more: If you read the Bible at all you will know that Jesus kept telling Mary Magdalene this over and over. Obviously Jesus knew that Mary needed to be Reminded of Her Deliverance. Jesus needed her to claim her gift of Salvation 
• Mary Magdalene was BOTH a Worshiper & guilty of Adultery Simultaneously
• True Worshipers are NOT Perfect they are waiting on God to Transform them

There are more important things than than my physical needs- accessories, shoes, handbags 

Actually my Physical needs are things like food, clothing, shelter the above list is actually my list of WANTS rather than NEEDS... Hm.. What a CONCEPT!

John 11:1-3 Trust God in difficult times

Mary Magdalene in every account of her she is always the last to LEAVE the Presence of Jesus! While others are busy doing other things Mary is ALWAYS lingering at the FEET of Jesus! Why, you might ask well because her Experience wasn't a gentle one, She knew that she deserved to DIE but Jesus Saved and delivered her time and again. Be it from demon possession 7 times and all types of sexual sin situations. However, I want to point out that Mary Magdalene wasn't having SEX alone if that were the case the Bible wouldn't say ADULTERY! Therefore, the VERY one's who were pointing the finger I'm sure were GUILTY to some degree when it came to the sin she kept finding herself in. I mean lets be real the town she was living with was only so big. So those "Church Leaders" who were always damning her to HELL were in my opinion either enabling her by Isolation so she wanted or sought NEGATIVE attention rather than No attention. Or they were the ones who were actually in my opinion were in fact having SEX with her! You do the Math! Anyways... Moving on...

Jesus needed a crowd of witnesses like with Lazarus. Jesus could have taken a shorter more direct rout or He could have simply healed Lazarus from a far. BUT Jesus didn't... He allowed Lazarus to DIE so that others who did NOT believe would have the opportunity to have an Encounter with Him.

In this same way Jesus could have some how used MIND control to insure that Mary Magdalene wouldn't go out and get herself into mess. Think about it when Jesus healed the Blind He didn't partially heal their sight! He didn't just get them to the point that the were Near or Far sighted NO Jesus Healed their Eyes Completely! In this same way every time Mary Magdalene ended up in a sin situation Jesus delivered her TIME and TIME Again Completely. But it was Mary Magdalene who didn't feel worth of her Salvation and it was in my opinion due to the fact that she WAS always ISOLATED or wore the Scarlet Letter of WHORE in the EYES of the CHURCH Community she couldn't help to keep finding herself in problem after problem. Every time in my mind that Mary Magdalene would go to like Martha or Simon and say HEY Jesus Healed me! Martha and Simon would look at each other then at Mary and say... That's Great Mary wonder how long this NEW Salvation or Healing will last. Rather than rejoicing and surrounding her with FAMILY support they always looked down at Mary with disgust because she was bringing down the FAMILY Name! Everyone in the town knew Mary and Everyone knew Mary for the Wrong Reasons. It wasn't because she had long, flowing, tangle free, beautiful, locks of hair. It wasn't because her face was simply beautiful to behold, it wasn't because her eyes were filled with innocence stolen, of because her legs were strong, or because she knew how to coordinate and even HIGHLIGHT her beauty. NO it was because she was so beautiful that MEN and WOMEN alike told her in my mind all you're going to do is use your body to get things. You won't ever just sit down and be a good wife or single person, because you are too beautiful to do anything BUT use your Body for your own selfish desires! So this created a cycle for Mary Magdalene in which she couldn't help but to filled with shame, regret, and depression. BUT every time Mary came in contact with Jesus she Worshiped! 

Bring this point all the way HOME... Jesus needed to show the DEPTH of His LOVE by allowing Mary Magdalene to go through her LIFE Experiences. Jesus used her life to illustrate just HOW much He truly LOVES Us His Children.

• If your Relationship with God is BLAND and you really don't feel or hear anything when you read your Bible or in my case you've been FORCE FED the scripture YOUR ENTIRE life then you need to ask God to soften your heart as He is doing to mine.
• We don't know how to Glorify God until we are at ZERO in most cases because when we have everything we somehow have the misconception of thinking that we somehow are just SUPER smart rather than giving God the Praise for allowing us to be Successful we think its of our Own doing.
• Mary Magdalen gave an EXTRAVAGANT GIFT of the ALABASTER Box because she gave according to her RELATIONSHIP with Jesus, according to the deliverance that Jesus had given her time and time again! 
• The Worship of Mary Magdalen was so EXTRAVAGANT because she experienced an Extravagant Deliverance/ Extravagant Connection/ Extravagant Relationship with Jesus! 
• The One who God forgives the MOST that predicts the amount of Appreciation or Worship that the Individual is able to express through Worship!
• Read Mark 14:9 there you will see that in the Eyes of God Worshipers are Beautiful to Him. Think about it God created special angles for the sole purpose of worship! All they do is CRY out HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY while God appreciates the Praise of the Angles He delights in the Praise of His Earthly Children because we illustrate to the entire Galaxy that YES We serve a God who is indeed fair, just, and sovereign! Yes Our God truly is Awesome! 
• I SING because I have been delivered TIME and TIME and TIME and TIME again! Yet for the first time I understood just how MUCH Jesus loves Me through listening to the account of Mary Magdalene.
• I SING from EXPERIENCE I sing, speak, write, and use sign language to illustrate JUST HOW DEEP my Love and devotion is to God! 
• See the problem is that often the Church highlights the BAD behavior rather than getting to the ROOT of the Problem which in my case is Isolation! People know me and those that do know what I've done or am capable of doing. But rather than supporting me in LOVE some continue to POINT out to ME the fact that well I'm a SINNER! Like I don't know that! Rather than saying, "Sister, Its great to see you at Church." Some have actually given me a TRACT at the door even though they KNOW my Parent and they KNOW me and with a SMILE they say hurtful things like, "Why is your suit so bright, or why is your skirt so tight, or why are you wearing that Bright RED lipstick, or Why are you wearing those Ear Rings You Know what you should be doing Natasha so tell me WHY aren't you doing it? So I feel unwelcome and force myself to sit in church after the encounter just so the individual won't get the satisfaction of seeing me cry or leave in shame. Rather, I suck it up take notes during the sermon and then LEAVE and HEAD for the NEAREST place to eat like Olive Garden! I order my food even though I know I have food at home and then I order a nice chilled GLASS of Red Wine that matches with my Red Lips and I think to myself..."well God you can't say that I didn't try."        

 The woman who delivered the Message was sent to speak directly to Me and I couldn't hide or act like the content of the sermon didn't apply to me. Because to be honest it applied more than I would like to admit... Hence the change of my BLOG from Real talk from the Heart of a Mocha Chick to... Real TALK from the Heart of a Woman Saved by Grace...

And Still I Rise

Still I RISE

Fantasia - I'm Doin' Me

My Hair in the Hands of Rob Willis!

The Last photo that you see right above what I'm writing was actually done by Geno Evans in Memphis, Tennessee. The connection to Rob Willis is that where ever I am living I just call Rob and ask him to direct me to where I can get my hair done. He knows that I don't trust just ANYONE to do my hair! How could I my hair is one of my most defining characteristics! From the time I was a child my Father cared for my hair then my hair was turned over to Rob Willis because he was a friend of my Dad. What they had in common was the fact that they were both Business Operators in the Detroit Metro area and they both had the same Motorcycle. Of course the bikes were customized to the liking of each Man but both of them were leaders of many.

Hence I was conditioned to only trust my hair in the hands of Men rather than women! I now have come to understand that I can trust others even WOMEN to care for my hair but it was a long journey for me to get to that point in my mind set. I attribute my first serious hair cut to a beautiful Woman by the name Tish! She cut and styled my hair and she still has a wonderful Salon and Spa that you should most definitely experience! Check out all of the services she offers by going to this link: http://www.vipstudioandspa.com/ These pictures go back to right around 1999 to the present! I hope you enjoyed my hair journey! I'm EXCITED about all the new things I'm going to try being that I got the whole cutting thing out my system at least for now... STAY tuned for the next trend setting Hott Hair Look brought to you by Yours Truly!

I appreciate your love and support thanks for reading!

With love,

Mocha

Happy Holidays!

Ode to APPLE!

I'm more than just a brand loving customer! I would like to say that I've converted many of my peers and even family members who were not apart of the APPLE family over to APPLE! To be honest, I can't take full credit because first of all Apple in my opinion is at the head of the pack in so many ways when it comes to so many things that well I'm not going to take time to spell all of them out. But I will say this. I truly believe in PLUG and PLAY! The concept of buying a camera, printer, or any other gadget I can get my hands on... it simply works when I PLUG it into the USB port of any of my Apple computers. As you can see in the image above I've been collecting my Apple hardware for quite sometime. I have quite a few other Apple items that aren't pictured but these are the biggest and BEST investments I've made to this point in my career! Each of the devices above not only enhance my lifestyle as a person BUT they help to generate and maintain my income! Everything that I do on a daily basis is in some way connected to an Apple product! I live and breath Apple and any of my friends will tell you! One thing about Tasha is if its Apple she either has it, is in the process of saving for it, or is talking so much about it that you too are headed to the nearest Apple store to see just what she's ALWAYS so EXCITED about! I am a collector of all things APPLE... be it a hat, tee shirt, pen, iPod, i-anything, if its at APPLE I either want it or HAVE IT! So there it is... I've gotten it all out at least for the moment... I feel so much better having shared that! I hope you too become bitten with the Apple bug! Click on the following link: www.apple.com and it will take you directly to the APPLE website! So click and enjoy and see the REVOLUTION for yourself!

My Mary Kay Journey in Pictures!