Felecia Causey's Blog

Written By: Felecia Causey                                                                                 Photos By: Felecia Causey     Pregnancy is supposed to be a happy time for a woman. She is excited to share the amazing news with the special people in her life, and expects everyone to be just as happy as her.  Unfortunately sometimes people do not react the way we expect or want them to. It’s really sad and heartbreaking that the people that you thought would share this joyous moment have sucked out the happiness.  Sometimes pregnancy comes unexpectedly and the mom may become embarrassed.   She’s afraid to celebrate and embrace becoming a new mom after receiving several negative responses from close family members. Expecting a baby is one of those life events that shows the ugly side of people.   Who doesn’t love babies? Support from loved ones has a big impact during these special moments. The constant stares and judgement from strangers can be rough, but the rude comments and

Photos Provided By:Veli Felecia: Please share with my readers a little about yourself. Veli:  My name is Veli and I’m a self taught portrait artist from Queens, New York. My mediums are marker, paint and digital. For the past four years I’ve been an art specialist for after school programs but I recently quit to be a full time artist. My other interests include music, basketball, spirituality, astrology and social/emotional sciences. I would consider my life unconventional. I do what I want when I want and I don’t care too much about societal norms. I believe in being free and making my own rules.  Felecia: Tell me what inspired you to start doing art? Veli: I  started doing art at a young age because my father and sister are both artists. I would watch them and try to copy what they were doing. I struggled to relate to the people around me so as I got older, art became a form of therapy as well as an escape. It wasn’t something I necessarily thought I could make a career out of until

Photos Provided By: Tamarica Washington Me: Thank you so much for the opportunity to have you on my blog. Please tell us a little about yourself.   Tamarica: My name is Tamarica Washington, I’m 25 years old. I’m happily married to my husband Cle’Andre Washington. Together my husband and I have 3 kids and 1 baby boy on the way. I’ve been drawing since I was a little girl. Last year when the pandemic first started, I retired from being a hair braider after 6 years to pursue my art career. I’m a God fearing woman, God blessed me with my gifts so I use them to give him the glory.  Me: What was your inspiration in starting your sculptures?   Tamarica:  I was tired of doing the same thing. I wanted to do something different, something I haven’t done before to challenge myself. I’m so glad I did because I love sculpting so much. I still have a lot to learn but I’m enjoying the process       Me: What beautiful work. I see you do not just do sculptures but you also do painting.  Please tell my

Photos Provided By: Karissa Me: Thank you so much for the opportunity to have you and your family on my blog. Please tell us a little about yourself and your family. Hi. Thanks for having us. My name is Karissa. We are the Collins family. We have nine children ages 11,9,8,7,5,4,3,1, and 2 months. I am a stay at home mom that home schools all of the children and I run two at home businesses. Photography and an online modest boutique for women. My husband works in finance and we run a family home church as well. My husband also is currently doing a home flip, runs basketball camps, started an axe throwing business and has a wood working business. We also run men and women's Bible studies every week. So yeah...we are busy. Me: What an inspirational family. I am sure many as myself want to know how you and your husband stay so organized. Honestly it is all with God's help. I am dedicated to putting God first every single day. And then just allow Him to guide and direct us. I try to

Me:    Please share with my readers a little about yourself.   Elizabeth: Hi, My name is Elizabeth (but only my dad still calls me by my full name), but most people know me as Liz. I'm a level 3 qualified Personal Trainer and lover of movement in all forms. Our bodies are great tools, and I love exploring what my body can do.    Me: Tell me what inspired you to start your fitness training journey?   Elizabeth: I was super active from a very young age. As soon as I could walk, I was running, and I was really fast!!! Growing up, I used to race all the boys in my neighborhood and win, but my love of movement meant I didn't want to just run, but I wanted to jump, bound, throw, try and succeed in everything. So instead of competing in just one discipline, I trained as a Hephthalite in my teenage years. At 18, I gave it up to focus on my studies, and as I began working to support myself, I ended up tending bars in London's biggest nightclubs, to eventually managing them. The more

Photos Provided By: Bianca Rodriguez  My name is Bianca Rodriguez and my Husband is Juan Rodriguez. We are from Portland TN which is my husband's hometown. I’m originally from West Memphis Arkansas. We have two children, Lerenzen 11 and Le’Riyah 6.  On October 9th 2014 I gave birth to my daughter Le’Riyah, around that time Lerenzen was four about to be 5 on October 15.  My mom and aunt traveled from West Memphis AR to come and see our new baby girl. My son Lerenzen or toot as we call him, is spoiled rotten by those two,  so when they arrive at the hospital they’re hugging and kissing him all over. My mom noticed a bump on his stomach and she also noticed he was walking funny or sideways. She and my aunt wanted to take him downstairs to the ER to be checked, just to be on the safe side. Hours went by before they came back to my hospital room. When my mom came back in the room crying I knew something was wrong. Doctors said he had a tumor the size of a can of pork n beans on his l