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It has been close to 2 months since I updated, you have my apologies, my fiance and I have another website: edshay.co which we keep updated regularly. I have to stop neglecting my namesake site though, I will work on fixing that! I mentioned to my fiance recently about changing my whole website to reflect everything happening in my life including health, spirituality, my natural hair journey, voice overs, etc. He seems to think it would be best to stick with the voice overs, so for now I will keep it this way. I mentioned a while ago about my book which is still in production, unfortunately I have put it on the back burner for a while. I have noticed many negative things coming out lately from the Black Lives Matter movement that have been shocking and sad. I was thinking of possibly creating a youtube video about it. My main issue with the movement is the fact that the movement pays most attention to incidents in which black men have been killed by white cops, yet neglect the many black lives that have been taken by other black people. I think addressing both issues would be wise, as there is far too much black on black crime happening in our world. I question the true motives of the movement, do all black lives truly matter to them? Or are they only working to incite racism and violence? They should work towards bringing awareness/justice for the many innocent black lives that have been taken from black on black crime and by cops. Unfortunately, I have seen videos of young black people claiming that black on black crime is a myth, which is so sad it hurts. When people neglect the truth, lies can fully cloud their judgment of what is right and wrong, sadly I have also seen young black people in the movement become racist as well. When we become friends with those of different races, we eliminate any hatred or racism within our hearts, more people need to be open and accepting of others. We are all humans, overly identifying with one's own race is changing how people look at each other. Because of these factors, I have not been writing more chapters in my book, I have now been focusing more on my spirituality. I am learning to make a lasting impression on people by touching their soul, just as Jesus did. Love is the answer. We shall see how this will effect my book, I do have spirituality as the final chapter...
~MY NATURAL HAIR JOURNEY has been coming along very well, I am quite pleased with my curls. Especially now that I am going by the Curly Girl Method which states NO SHAMPOO!! Well no shampoo with sulfates, which is most of them. My big chop was Feb 15, 2016 and it is now Aug 10! I have been natural for almost 6 months now and my hair has grown 5 inches since then (maybe I'll make a new video showing my progress)! I now use a cleansing conditioner (as shampoo), botanical conditioner, and a leave in conditioner. I wash it once every week using those items and wrap it up in twists with bobby pins under a plastic cap. I let it sit for a few hours (usually overnight) remove my plastic cap, let it dry first, then take down the twists. After a few hits and misses, I found that this method worked best for the curls I was looking for. I also realized that wearing my hair up in a pony tail was breaking the front ends of my hair. So, I keep it out now, I am loving my afro and my curls! (See before and after pics) 
~VOICEOVERS: My voice overs have picked back up with regularly jobs coming in again. I recently did a book of poems (my first ebook) for a client and also two AT&T promo voice overs. It feels good to have things picking back up, I learned a lesson with changing my gig delivery to 48 hours, I will NOT be doing that again. I've been having a lot of voicemail orders ranging from law offices to debt consolidation services, I am certainly never bored in this profession that's for sure! Today, I have a couple orders due from a client in Kenya, I thoroughly enjoy working with clients from all over the world.
~I must work harder at keeping this blog updated!!!!~ Peace be with you all...