Don't be Fooled...New Recommendations on our Health

Recent Breast Cancer Recommendations has sparked a tremendous controversy and loud outrages across the country from doctors, advocates, and women around the country that was save by early detection testing or know of someone who it has. New Mammogram recommendations releases from key government panel have recommended that women should begin mammograms at 50 - not 40. Also those self- breast examinations are not really helpful. As I heard these recommendations, I wondered for a second to myself how could they want to prolong women getting there yearly mammograms to age 50as well as saying that self-breast examinations are not really valuable. How I was so baffle? I thought about all the women in this country who lives are save everyday by the monthly self-breast examinations and as well by there yearly mammograms. In there reports they stated that the reason by there recommendations is that there is a large amounts of anxiety in women that receive these early testing and they question should that be occurring. I am thinking to myself, I rather have anxiety then to wait. I thought early prevention is the key. I understand that these are only recommendations but I think as a woman we have to really be certain that these recommendations befit our health. We should not play into them and really research what is being proposed. For one make sure that you have a positive relationship with you doctor to get his /her recommendations and then you can determine what is best. It is already known that so many women do no check there breasts because of the fear of unknown and as well because of the busy lives that is being lived. I know if many women here these recommendations they are going to prolong it even more. So do we want to do that? I believe that a little anxiety is not going to harm us just my take.

Here is a comment from Friend who by the way is a Traveling Nurse:
This is very true! 17 percent of BC cases are diagnosed in the 4th decade of life. Who wants to take that chance? The spokeswoman (for the new recommendations) on NBC yesterday stated that she herself is a BC survivor! And diagnosed @ age 43! So how can she (with a straight face) say that mammography and breast self examination is indeed unwarranted and menial! As you said, it’s JUST a RECOMMENDATION, Let’s just pray the insurance companies don't get carried away with this.

PLEASE be careful with this information for it is only a recommendation. Talk to you doctors, don’t put away checking your breast monthly, and getting your mammogram.

God bless
24hrmom

"Thank You"

Sometimes we never say "thank you” to the ones that has a great influence in our lives. So Today I say thank you and I love you from being the person that you are.

Today I am thankful for the many blessings that God is showering me and my family with. I am thankful that I have peace in my life. I am also thankful for all the awesome people who have entered into my life and made such an impact for there are many in my life but I wanted to make sure that I said thank YOU and give a BIG Shout Out to the ones that have had a mighty impact on my life. In life you come across many wonderful people that arrived or stay for the seasons in your life and you never know why. I have been so privilege to have met so many wonderful people that has help me along the way to transform to the women I am today. Although I have to thank “God All Mighty” first for the women who I am, I still know that it was him that place angelic individuals as yourselves around me to help me along the way. As I write this note and I include you, I want you to know that each one of you has a significant part in my growth on this earth. I thank you for being who you are and having a part in my growth as a women, mom, and friend. Love yah.

Carlos Alvarez, my husband, my love. Thank you for being the man, father, and husband that you are. You are the best baby.

Kim Cabrera: My friend, sister in Christ, leader, confidant, who would have knew that the meeting at MCC classroom would have been where we are right now. Who would have known that God place you and your husband simultaneously to befriend me and Carlos? Kim, you are awesome. I want to thank you for being there through the good and bad. I want to thank you for allowing me to be me. Thank you for showing me the power of having god in my life. You inspire me to be the best mom, wife and friend that I can be. For that I Love you very much from the bottom of my heart.

Tamara Jones, Girl who have thought 14 years ago we would still be here. I remember our first meeting, a introduction by your cousin Tina at where else DLRHO meeting and I was like, oh lord this CHICA(LOL). You are my dearest and one of my best friends. You are also my sorority sister which I am so happy because we have that forever Bond. I want to say thank you to you for all that you have done in my life. Thank you for your continuous support and as well as allowing me to be me, I just adore you. You dedication and commitment to our friendship is inevitable. You are smart, beautiful and the best. We have been through so much together. I witness the birth of your children and you have been there for my children. You are God sent. Thank you for our Friendship. XOXO

Terryl Ebony, Girl I sometimes can’t believe how we stumble back right in our friendship since our High school days at Julia Richman High school (Go Richman). God has a way of reconnecting us at that right moment (by way of FB) and so here we are. You are the best Girl. I am so inspired every day to reach my full potential as women. You motivate me to be the best I can be because of your drive and will to succeed and see others succeed as well. Your will to create a community empowerment is awesome. Thank you for the countless conversations (even if it begins at 8: 30 am or earlier every morning, LOL) of advice and just true friendship. We are going to the top baby!!.

Kima, Kima...I love you girl. You are my friend and sister. We have been riding on this train together for a long, long time .Ever since we met at ASC OREINTATION…WHEW!! ASC days we were roommates and we did it all. God knew that the ASC orientation would be our journey for a lifetime of friendship. We were and still are inseparable, Kim and Luva. We have been through so much together: our marriages to our college sweethearts, the birth of our children, and so many other life joys. We know that art of True Friendship is going through some, “SUGAR HONEY ICE TEA, as they would say, but we never lost the love that we have for one another as friends. I believe that is what makes the friendship so strong. Thank you for allowing me to be me. Thank you for your genuine heart and being the friend that I come to admire. I am so happy that we met at ASC.

Kenyana Hollis my friend, sorority sister Thank you for what you do. Thank you for listening to me ramble in the mornings. Thank you for your constant support. If it wasn’t for you, I would not be doing what I am doing now on BTR. Thank you for opening my eyes to another way that I can express and reach others in making there lives better. Thank you for seeing that I had that in me before I did. Love yah :)

COACH K, What can me I say? Blog Talk Radio and here we are. The internet has place us in a situation where we have never met face to face, but God has made it that although we have not met we have somehow (Get what I mean, LOL) who would have known that blog talk radio would allow for us to meet? You are the best, you are awesome and of course you are funny :). You are a mighty warrior of God’s army. God has placed you here for a reason. You are an inspiration, motivation that I can reach my full level of success here on BTR and in life. Thank you for constant support of the 24hrmom show and what you do for the 24hrmom show.

Montina Fortune what can I say… Thank you for believing in Luva and the 24hrmom show. You have and are pushing me to reach my highest level of success. I appreciate your support dearly. Thank you for your genuine wisdom.

Angel thank you for saying on the BTR show of Coach K and Angel life show that we need to say thank you to those who have helped us along the way. You inspired me write this note. The name Angel says it all, you are so angelic. You spirit is so beautiful so for that thank you.

There are so many along way that I, also wanted to say thank you to: Dr.Carolyn Clansy-Miller, Terese Toppin, Tanisha Cunningham, Onika Pascal, Narvel Benning and Mr. Paul Vann.


Thank you
Much love

Barack Obama, Is He The Devil They Ask?

Barack Obama, Is He The Devil?

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The question was ask by Fox news reporter Mr. Bill O'Reily to former CNN news reporter Lou Dobbs,” Do you think that Barack Obama is the Devil” on prime time TV yesterday in an interview. Although Mr.Dobbs goes on to say no and continues to rationalize answering why, I did not understand why this question was asked. Am I missing something here, do we just go around asking people if there are devil bluntly? Did anyone ask Bush if he was the Devil or any other president for that matter? As a society have we lost touch with being human and having regards for one another? We have to got learn the word RESPECT of one another DESPITE what they are doing or saying. We can not continue to feel because I believe in this so should you. When it comes to politics there is the right or left and middle. President Barack Obama is the president of our country whether we like it or not. He was put in place to change our country views. It is not going to happen over night and it takes time. All presidents are put in place to do so. He is human and makes everyday decisions that we probably can't even begin to imagine. Some say they don't understand, it is not clear, blah, blah but they feel that way because we tend to put our views, values and opinions first and not look outside the box. You don't have to like him but you got to respect him, if not keep your opinions to yourselves. This question that was asked was not only pathetic, degrading and inhumane but it also shows us how far we really come with a black president in office. I so furious at the way people internalize things and how they don't think before they talk. I know some say boycott fox news and maybe rightfully so but I say keep them because at the end of the day it is there opinions just like it is mines to right this piece. Also they will still have those opinions regardless if the network allows them to be on television or not. Respect!!

24hrmom

Another Child Gone....

Life can be so bittersweet......
In the bible it says,' But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God" ~Luke 18:16~

Children are our blessings and joys. They make us smile everyday with there selfless love of life. They light up our world and they remind us that we should not take life so serious, but we should cherish every moment of life that we experience. So why do we have so many reports of missing & dead children in our society. Why do we have many heartaches of families having to bury there children so young? Yesterday sadly to say a missing beautiful 5year old girl of NC body has been presumed to be found dead and her mother is being charge with "prostituting her child, “felony child abuse, and filing a false police report, and boyfriend Kidnapped charges according to the Fayetteville Police Department.

Shaniya’s father, Bradley Lockhart, told the Associated Press he raised his daughter for several years but last month decided to let her stay with her mother. He said Shaniya’s mother struggled for years with alcohol and drug abuse as well as financial difficulties. He said she recently found a stable job and her own place so he decided to give her a chance to raise their daughter.“I should’ve never let her go over there,” Lockhart said Saturday night.

This in unbelievable! As a mother I can't even begin to tell you how sad my heart was about her missing and now found dead but how furious my mind was about this situation. A father decides to allow a child to be with her mother and then this happens. I am mad because yet another innocent child has left our earth to soon. Every night we turn on the news and there’s a report of how some beautiful child has been taken. Parents are out there everyday pleading for their children to be returned to them safely and this mother simply gives her child away!!! And then this guy is caught red-handed on surveillance video, yet smiling away in his mug shot knowing what sickness he has done. How sad is this? What is this world coming to? Have we lost our human touch for life? I can't even continued to understand this story and maybe it is not for me to understand but I am surely sadden by this.

My heartfelt condolences go out to the father of this beautiful child. I pray that the mother will really take time to understand what occurred and how her selfish acts cause her daughter her life. We don't know why these things happened to the ones we loved but we know that they are in a better place.S

Shaniya Davis is now in the arms of the angels where she shall not suffer anymore hardships or pain of selfish people.
Blessings
24hrmom

How can the Chris Brown and Rihanna situation be a "Teachable Moment" for our Sons and Daughters.

I was really was complex about writing on the Chris Brown and Rihanna situation because although I have a firm stance against DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OF ANY SORT whether physical, mental and emotional from a man to a women or vice versa, I find that this story of the abuse towards Rihanna to be out of order. I am not a huge fan of either artist but I do enjoy their music when it seems to fit. I know many who read this might see this to be hypercritical , but we as a society have to really understand what is going on here in this situation with two young adults in the fame and the lights or any young couple in a relationship to be able to help others young relationships to be successful. I do not condone Chris Brown behavior or actions. We have to understand it (relationship) in order to teach our sons and daughters who will get in relationships on ways to handle situation and our responsibility in our relationships. We have to show them ways to deter from heated verbal confrontations.

Let me ask you this: Can you remember when you were young and in a relationship and the obsessions to be around each other and the bitter arguments and the length you would go to be in love? Don’t say you haven’t, think real hard on when you were young and in loved. How many of us got so mad that we punch a hole in the wall. How many of us have pushed or slapped our mates? Although what Chris Brown actions did was WRONG and we know he should have never PUT his hands on her at any point even if he was trying to defend himself from getting slap etc. It should have no been done!! But, let talk about what part Rihanna or any female might have had in this altercation; we have to really take a look at how we handle situations when they are heated. How many of us have been in heated situations with our mates and we take it to another level by using or saying things to get leverage that we know will escalate the persons we are involved with( male or female)? We as a society say ABUSE is wrong and that it is so very true ,it does not matter what the other person says , physical & emotional should not be done, but we never talk about how there are three sides to the story ; her , his and the truth .We will never know what really occurred that night in Feb 2009, we can only talk about what we here in interviews now. We have to talk about what really starts physical abuse. It does not happen over night. One look at it would be how much of mouthing off do we do as females and in some cases men do to prove our points before a person goes over the edge. It is the reality of things. Words hurt and for some people can make them furious. When we talk about something over and over and over again that can make someone furious from man to women or vice versa. We don’t want to talk about our parts it seems because now the assault has happened and of course that person who assaulted will be blame. Is like why is there a need to blame two people?

In the Rihanna interview she stated,” This happened to me and I did not ask this to happen to me”. So why don’t we talk about people owning there parts. Now I am not talking about a relationship that the individual is always good, talks nice to there mate and then the person they are involved in starts beating on them for no reason. Recently, I watch on the 20/20 news on Friday November 13, 2009, they continued there discussion on young people in relationship of abuse, and there was a young lady talked about her love for her boyfriend but he was very obsessive to the point that he almost tried to killed her. In that situation there is probably no justification of why abuse occurred but still we need to understand why abuse did occur.We can't just say it should not happen and then say and not found out why.

In the Chris Brown /Rihanna situation ,I surmised from her interviews that there was a lot of verbal confrontation that night and other nights to the point where of course the mouthing of part? I feel if we want to teach our sons and daughters the right thing to do when it comes to being involved in a relationship then we have to first talk to them on how to talk to someone you care about whether it is female or male. Communication is successful mixtures to any relationship.I see the Chris Brown/Rihanna situation has a very valuable lesson for children. First, we must teach our sons about love, self-control, effective communication and discipline so that they can understand the value of loving on another human species as a women. Secondly, we must also teach our daughters on how to love themselves. The importance of loving me is so valuable in the sense of who they get involved with and how they approach the relationship? We have to back and teach our daughters on how to communicate effective. Stop using lingo that we know in our hearts will set a person off. All it is going to do is create environment that you don’t want to be in but as well make it appear has as if the person is so abusive towards you. It is not acceptable to have an argument on a text from the opposite sex and then say, “Well that is why I am having sex with your boy or girl”, what you think is going to happen? Touching someone to show how hurt and mad you are is wrong but saying the things we do to hurt someone is even worse. Why is this part of the abuse not important enough to discuss, yes we discuss the assault after it is done but we really don’t want to get to the reality of it.

I say to all the parents of sons and daughters let’s role model how we want our children to and be loved. When our children first exposure to dating occurs sit down with them and talk about the steps it takes to be in a relationship. Talk about open and positive communication with the opposite sex. Discuss with them self control and being responsible in a responsibility. I say tell them to no contribute to the altercation by coming with words that will hurt and that can potentially harm you or someone.

As for the Chris Brown /Rihanna situation, I do hope and pray that he has learned his lesson and that in the future he can be better as dealing with relationships and the women species. I feel like he is young and he has a lot of time to change if he wants to, but we have to allow and recognize that he is changing. I know he ask the question ,"what was he thinking" and that is a good questions of self reflect so that can move forward to think on how he can be a better person.

“Let raise our kids to be gentle with their hearts, minds and our mouths”

Blessings 24hmom

National Diabetes Awareness Month

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. Many of us know someone who is Diabetic or Pre-Diabetic. You can live a long life with diabetes if you change your eating habits and exercises. If you have not gotten your blood sugar tested because of the fear of unknown , then you should especially if it is very dominate in your family. Don't wait until something happens to get tested.
Take your health serious. Make it a priority.
God bless
24hrmom

GETTING GOOD AT LIFE

Today's is your Day to "GET GOOD AT LIFE". . JUMP over the Hurdles. We must start to think about how we can GET GOOD AT LIFE. Stop draining in sorrow and stop thinking about what you don't have, need or, want and get out there find ways to GET GOOD AT LIFE. We live in a society that is filled with some much everyday turmoils and we allow ourselves to get side track with all the daily events of life, but I say to you it stops today. Plant your seeds. DETOX and remove all the clutter in your lives. Get RID of people or things that are holding you back from getting where you want to be in life. We all want to be successful and suppose we don't know how but it is the simplest things that gets us at "GETTING GOOD AT LIFE"



This week on November 12,2009, @1:00pm est., the 24hrmom show we will have special guest Dr.Carolyn Clansy Miller who will talk more on those simplest things to get us on our way of getting "GET GOOD AT LIFE". Join me as I speak to Dr.Carolyn Clansy Miller on how we can learn to, "Get Good At Life". We will talk about but not limited on ways to DETOX areas in our lives, spirituality, & negative vs positive thinking.

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