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OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2018
Sistah's Place Magazine Table of Content Editor's Note
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Message From Letrise
Sistah's Place/Sistah's Creative Media
Domestic Violence Awareness
Pg. 7-8
I Gave Her Flowers
Poem by Letrise
Cover Feature
Pg. 10-12 Angela Anderson
Terri Shayne
Spiritual Empowerment
Pg. 14-15 God's Faithful Promise
Jeanee Patton
Relationships
Pg. 20-21 Keep It Simple
Kimberly Jasper
Small Business Showcase
Pg. 17-18 Shayna Boston Small Business Directory
Terri Shayne Letrise Carter
Inspiration
Pg. 23-24 Be Slow To Anger
NaTonya Medford
Poetry Corner
Pg. 29-30 The Stigma of ADHD
Cynthia Gullian
Motivation
Pg. 26-27 Bright Light
Aja Graves
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Sistah's Place Magazine- October/November 2018 Issue
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"Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you." - Oprah Winfrey
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK October is Breast Cancer Awareness and it’s important that you make sure that you get your mammogram. Early detection will save your life. Let’s stand together and wear our pink ribbons each Wednesday in October for a loved one who fought or still battling with Breast Cancer. Teach our daughters, sisters, nieces, and our elders the importance for routine checkups. For those who have lost a loved one, you are in our prayers and hearts. Make time for Friendship, love, hug often and support those battling Breast Cancer.
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October is also Domestic Violence Awareness. This is close and dear to my heart for pain is not love. Stop the violence by and reach out to someone immediately for help. You have a right to be free from violence. It’s time to break the cycle of abuse and the generational curse. For help and assistance, please call 1-800-798-Safe. Enjoy the special poem that I wrote years ago in honor of a good friend who died while in an abusive relationship. Her death inspired the poem to empower women living in silence with their abusers whether physical, emotional, or verbal. Abuse is abuse! Say No to Domestic Violence and wear your purple heart each Friday in the Month of October.
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November is National Health Awareness month as well as one of the big holidays which kick off the last quarter of 2018. Take a loved one or friend to the doctor, tackling health issues early increases chances to reverse illness. Value your health and take care of the precious temple you are given. Be thankful, forgive, and do an act of kindness for someone less fortunate than yourself. As the holidays approach, let’s be mindful of those less fortunate and those battling mental health, and depression. “A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.” — Diane Mariechild
Chief Editor/Founder Letrise T. Carter Sistah’s Place/Sistah’s Creative Media
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Check out Dr. Norma McLauchlin , “First Lady� is business owner, Author, and Speaker connects with women from all walks of life.
Meet Nicole Smith, an author on Chosen Pen Publishing. Pick up your copy today on Amazon and be sure to follow her on social media.
Domestic Violence Awareness: I gave her flowers today- By Letrise T. Carter
Photo by Rhodi Alers de Lopez on Unsplash
I gave her flowers today to make her smile. I gave her flowers to help ease the pain of the blows she accepts without a word or tear. I gave her flowers today in lieu of a lecture that would tell her enough is enough. It’s time to stand up and walk away. I gave her flowers today with the hopes that she will see that someone else loves her too... Why not love her. I gave her flowers today not to justify his actions of abuse. I gave her flowers today with the determined heart to show her that love should not hurt. I gave her flowers today to let her know that she is the victim and it’s not her fault. I gave her flowers today to encourage her that I will stand by her side. I gave her flowers today to show her that I will not judge her. I gave her flowers today to show her that I am ready to walk with her through the storms of what we call life. I gave her flowers today to show her what a true friend means. I gave her flowers today to represent the strength she has to be free. I gave her flowers today to just say I love you. Finally, I gave her flowers today for the last time. For today, would be that dreadful day that I said good bye one last time as we lay her to rest.
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I gave her flowers today. No more punches, no more blows to the ribs, no more slaps to the face. No more tears for I said good bye today. I gave her flowers today for the last time. I said good bye to my friend today. For she will feel no more pain from her abuser because the last time he hit her, he took her life. I gave her flowers today one last time.
STOP DOMESTIC VIOLLENCE SPEAK UP CALL 1-800-799-SAFE
The Scars you can’t see are the hardest to heal- Unknown
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PTSD IS NO RESPECTOR OF PERSONS. IF YOU HAVE HAD ANY TRAUMATIC AND UNJUST EXPERIENCES “PTSD TO FREEDOM” IS A BOOK YOU SHOULD READ.
When you experience traumatic experiences that alters your emotional and psychological foundation, you begin to experience a very personal and fragile meltdown. You survived the initial shock, now the aftermath. What now? “PTSD to Freedom - No More War Within”, will tell you to pick up your bed and walk because you are the captain of your ship. Authors Linda Diane Wattley and William Sumner are veterans of the United States Army. They teamed up together to write this extraordinary and unique book because they have a heart for people suffering with PTSD. What they share brings to power that the “Truth Will Set You Free”.
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