Category: My People

Be you, always!

I’m every woman…

….it’s all in me…. Tell me you all can relate!  Whether it’s #Chaka or #Whitney belting out the lyrics I know you’re singing along and, if you’re like me, you get up out of your chair and dance like nobody is looking.  Am right!  Hell to the yes! Over the last few years I’ve heard…
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May 7, 2018 0

Inspiration and Motivation – My Take.

I came to learn fast that I had to put quite a bit of time into writing since starting my little blog here.  Coming up with content and at the same time, posting content that my audience can relate to, ensuring it is digestible, regular and real all at the same time is a tall…
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April 17, 2018 0

My women of Inspo!

With a blog called “Strong is my Beautiful” and a mission to inspire and empower other women, how can I not have a say on International Women’s Day?  It may be the fastest entry I have written as I decided 3 days ago that I was going to so: going through what to write who…
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March 8, 2018 0

My first Boxing Tournament!

So I won my first tournament on February 2, 2018 at the annual Brampton Cup in Toronto.  Gold matter of fact.  Albeit one bout, I’m taking the gold status.  That was the plan, regardless of bouts and before the weekend was over I was already getting asked:  “So, what’s next?  Taking some time to rest?”…
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February 12, 2018 0

Family trip, reconnecting and seeking closure.

Getting back from a long vacation to the motherland is always good.  When I moved to Canada I was always very conscious and adamant that I would never forget my roots and where I came from and, though I say it always and try to live it, it’s easy to get caught up in the…
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February 2, 2018 0

Good news and great fights!

To say this week my family received wonderful news is quite an understatement.  My mom is cancer free.  I let that sit for a bit before I continued this entry. I’m a live in the present, look ahead, future forward, forget the past kinda girl.  You know, like boxing a “get hit move on” attitude…
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November 26, 2017 0

#gotchaday2017

Today is family day!  A.k.a. “gotcha day”! What a great day to share my first blog post as it’s been a while in the making here.  Why?  Why not I say and I’ve wanted to start one to document the adoption process way back when but that wasn’t my time.  The idea of blog surfaced again earlier this…
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November 7, 2017 1