Category archives for: People

My Tremendous Trip to Haiti

My Tremendous Trip to Haiti

I recently traveled to Haiti to work with my dear friend, Father Rick Frechette C.P., a Catholic Priest and Doctor in Tabbare. Father Rick hails from West Hartford, Connecticut and has been a missionary in Haiti for over 22 years. He does outstanding work there and has actually had a hospital built by international friends.  [...]

Wallet – What To Do When Misplaced, Left Behind or Stolen

Wallet – What To Do When Misplaced, Left Behind or Stolen

I had the misfortune and fortune all in the same day when my wallet went MIA. I had just finished up at a networking event at Homewood Suites in Columbia and upon getting in the car; I noticed that my wallet wasn’t with me. My initial reaction was panic because I knew if it was [...]

Got Direction?

Got Direction?

In today’s times it’s not uncommon to hear someone say “I’m just overwhelmed” or frankly feeling overwhelmed yourself.  We live in a fast society that demands we operate even faster.  As if that’s even possible.  At times the feeling of being a puppet on a string comes to mind.  The outside influences and demands are [...]

Be a Part of the commUNITY to Help Harry

Be a Part of the commUNITY to Help Harry

I hope you will be a part of the team to help Harry Friner, a 3 year old, suffering with AML. Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is cancer that starts inside bone marrow, the soft tissue inside bones that helps form blood cells. The cancer grows from cells that would normally turn into white blood cells [...]

Friendship at First Bite with Catering by Immaculate Cuisine

Friendship at First Bite with Catering by Immaculate Cuisine

Written by Kora Polydore I had the good fortunate to meet Kora Polydore a couple of years ago at the Women’s Expo at the Catonsville Community College.  She is a delight and treated me to one of her pasta dishes, it was friendship at first bite…lol! Kora’s background is that she is originally from Denver, [...]

A Vision Board – Do You Have One?

A Vision Board – Do You Have One?

“A vision board is a simple yet powerful visualization tool that activates the universal law of attraction to begin manifesting your dreams into reality. A vision board is simply a visual representation or collage of the things that you want to have, be, or do in your life.” Quoted from 43 Things Website Our Mastermind [...]

What is a Kolache?

What is a Kolache?

Before we get into what it is let me tell you about the facility and the people behind it… Introducing Kolache Kreations Coffee Shop and Bakery it’s a wonderful bakery/store just located at 10455 Frederick Road in Ellicott City. The owners are family owned and operated and I had the pleasure of meeting them both…Robert [...]

A “Joy” from the Philippines

A “Joy” from the Philippines

I have had the opportunity to work with a virtual assistant from the Philippines recently.  Marry “Joy” Tolibas is her name and we spend several hours each day on Skype, talking via email and social media.  “Joy” and I are working together to provide virtual assistance for The Village Connector Community News.  Joy has a [...]

Understanding Olefin

Understanding Olefin

Many cleaners have a love/hate relationship with olefin berber carpet. We love how it cleans up but hate the problems we can have after cleaning. If you use the same procedure to clean olefin berber, nylon berber and wool berber, you could end up with problems. was the name of wool loop carpet made by the [...]

Meet Melanie Sheppard – A Sparkling Team Player

Meet Melanie Sheppard – A Sparkling Team Player

Melanie Sheppard was introduced to me by my friend and the facilitator of my Mastermind group, Mia Reed, of C.H.A.I.N. to Prosper. When I met Melanie, it was her sparkling personality which immediately drew me to her. She and I have become close friends. We have worked as a team for several virtual assistant projects [...]

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