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There was a story published in a online publication that I follow called The Root.com about a woman who married herself.  This idea sounds crazy right! Well, it raises the question, are we taking being independent to the extremes that we decide to marry ourselves?  The vows of a marriage are sacred and it's a covenant between you and God.  How do you have a covenant with God and yourself and no spouse? It's understandable that one gets lonely, but one should view that time as getting yourself ready for your soul mate. Sometimes we think we are ready for marriage because all of our friends, colleagues, and family is doing it! Marriage should not be a trend.  Marriage represents an investment into two people.  It's an unbreakable bond that bring forth unity of two people that have to put forth the time, energy, and work to make the marriage survive through the ups and downs.  Marriage should be a special day that you celebrate with someone who has chosen you to spend t

From the top of your head to the sole of your feet, please give me everything that I see... unlimitedly. And as you keep giving me everything that I have seen; I also want you to give me the things that I can't see, like your mind, soul, and your beautiful heartbeat.  I want to learn to know your favorite everything and everything you don't like will never be seen. Everything you want is what I want you to need and I'll make sure your needs never turn into wants. If you don't, we won't, no matter what it might be. Just to have the honor of sharing the air you breathe makes me inhale and exhale each moment... slowly. Like a whiff of a scratch and sniff scent with roses, or like a night drift reaching shore from the ocean. I want to be the one you adore, and your devotion. I want to shower you with a love that forever rains, until the root of your heart grows into my "everything." I just want to learn to love everything about you and to feel misplaced if

All women and men really need to understand this; you can't fly high in true love  until self-love has truly landed.  If you don't love yourself, how could you look at someone else and demand it?  If you don't know your worth, you could cheat yourself out of what you deserve, and love may never go the way that you planned it.  No one can set a better example of how to treat you better than you can.  If you attempt to give your love away when self-love and self-worth are not present; your heart could end up with more jagged edges than a used can.  It's hard to give someone something that you don't have.  It's even harder to be faithful to something within you that doesn't exist.  Love is supposed to be a gift, but if you don't love yourself before you attempt to unwrap it; all you'll really be giving away is a wish. When you learn your worth and become faithful to yourself; you won't let any woman or man use you again and again; abuse you agai

We had the pleasure to sit down and talk with author Rodrick Bates about his latest novel When Faith is Shaken and his inspirations for being a writer.   He is best known for his uplifting and encouraging poetry about relationships.   Tell us about your latest novel, When Faith is Shaken. Rodrick : When Faith is Shaken is actually my latest compilation of poetry. It’s a chapbook of poetry which is a small compilation of poetry usually 30-50 pages and it is also a series.   The title speaks for itself.   It’s an encouraging and uplifting compilation of poems.   I have been known for the people that follow my work that my writing is about personal feelings about relationships, love, and life.   I wanted to shake it up a little bit and write something that was more encouraging people about their life, relationships, and love life.   I wanted people to look at the title and say, they can gain something from it.    Photo Credits: Book cover owned by Dazlin  Books 2014 Are y

We are excited to be introducing to our audience one of our guest writers.  Author Rodrick Bates is a published author who writes poetry on relationships and inspiration. His latest book is When Faith is Shaken and you can learn more about him at www.rodrickbates.com . Meanwhile,  Rodrick  will be one of our guest writers for our Relationship Series published on  Wednesday's starting January 28th.  Don't miss his first article next week.  We are excited to read his first article on Sistah's Place2.  He will be sharing some of his profound poetry on Sistah's Place2 on Thursday's.  On Behalf of Sistah's Place2, we welcome guest writer and published Author Rodrick Bates to our team.  We sat down to talk with him yesterday for our Author's Showcase which will feature him next week.   Stay connected with us, we will be introducing more guest writers in the coming week.  Don't forget our Newsletter starts February 1, 2015.  Have you signed up?  Have

Sistah's Place2 is now the E-News spot for inspiration and entertainment news.  With the success of 2014, we are launching a monthly newsletter that will showcase highlights from previous month, feature guest writer's article, special announcements, showcase interviews for Celebrity Spotlight & Author's Showcase .    We have our Celebrity Spotlight where we interview talented men and women as they share their dreams and inspirations along their journey to " Hollywood."     It is our hope   that their stories will inspire someone to chase and believe their dreams.  We have added Author's Showcase to our platform for 2015.  We will interview new and established authors who are self-published and represented by publishing companies.  We have restructured our blog articles categories into segments: Relationship series Current events Special Tribute  Empowerment & Inspiration     This year we will have monthly and bi-weekly showcase of  gu

We had the pleasure of sitting down with Toni Larue to talk about her latest novel Abandoned Secrets and her new organization B.I.C. which stands for Beauty, Intelligence, and Confidence.   Toni is passionate about writing and excited about the launching of B.I.C. movement in January 2015. Tell us about Abandoned Secrets.   Toni: Abandoned Secrets is telling a story of a young woman’s journey as she searches for her mother who abandoned her as a child, (Monroe, the main character).   She is convinced that finding her mother and learning why she left is the key to all of her problems.   She doesn’t trust anyone, she can’t really love anyone, and she can’t maintain a long-term relationship. So she feels that if given the answer why, that will make all her issues disappear.   But Monroe’s father is against her finding her mother but the more he insists that she let it go, the more she grows curious.   Monroe teams up with this FBI agent and they uncover this world of organi

Sistah's Place2 was launched July 7, 2014 with the purpose of discussing current events, relationships, highlighting actors, actress, and directors in television, film, and theater.  With the anticipation of increasing our audience awareness of the talented men and women trailblazing their journey to Hollywood.  As the months passed, we learned what our audience likes and dislikes based on feedback and analytical data.  It was truly an adventurous journey and a year of discovery.  We published various topics on relationships, domestic abuse, self-help tips, self worth, and empowerment.  One of our best journey's was December's showcase for celebrity spotlight and book review.  As the vision became clear for Sistah's Place2, the topics for our audience was defined as our readers engaged with the relationship articles, self worth, and celebrity spotlight showcase.  As we wrapped up the year, our best blog articles of 2014 are as follows: Exclusive Interview with Thea