My interest with this awesome group of women started with their exhibit of beautiful one of a kind quilts which were on display for several months at The Jeffrey R. Krull Gallery in Fort Wayne Indiana the summer of 2019. I went on a weekly basis and with each visit I saw something new, each experience left lasting impressions. When it was time for the exhibit to be removed I was at a loss and reached out to the guild I wanted to know more about the quilts and the quilters who put the quilts together.  

One of the founders of the guild responded (Jacquei Seals) and agreed to have a fireside chat/interview and she gathered some of sisters to share their experiences.

Please enjoy Jacquei Seals, Linda Jones and Jomare Bowers-Myzzell as they talk about the love of quiliting, sisterhood and more. 

Affirmations can assist in changing the direction of your life. This year has been a roller coaster of emotions but throughout the year there's been an area in which I've learned and continue to embrace which assists my spiritual maturity and my ability to live with audacity. Let me start with sharing a few with you......  I am enough, I control my thoughts and direction I choose, I am the creator of my world, I embrace who I am, from the crown of my head to the souls of my feet, I am living my authentic self, I love my body profoundly , deeply and joyously. My looks are a projection of what I think about myself, I become more beautiful, more shiny each and every day, I love the person I see in the mirror..........  

Fireside Chat with poets Linda Bess and Curtis Crisler honoring National Poetry Month. I'm excited to come out to play as I also read some of my original works of poetry. 

Linda is a talented artist with many gifts to offer ranging from the written and spoken word to dance and sharing her voice through her music. Her primary art is poetry, she has been published in several journals and has worked as a freelance editor working very closely with aspiring authors.  

Curtis is the author of several books, an associate professor of English at Purdue University Fort Wayne. He has been a contributing poetry editor for Aquaris Press and a Poetry for Human Equity through Art (HEART). He created the chitlin circut. Curtis is a lover of words and a lover and supporter of his community and people around the world. 

Fireside Chat with poets Linda Bess and Curtis Crisler honoring National Poetry Month. I'm excited to come out to play as I also read some of my original works of poetry. 

Linda is a talented artist with many gifts to offer ranging from the written and spoken word to dance and sharing her voice through her music. Her primary art is poetry, she has been published in several journals and has worked as a freelance editor working very closely with aspiring authors.  

Curtis is the author of several books, an associate professor of English at Purdue University Fort Wayne. He has been a contributing poetry editor for Aquaris Press and a Poetry for Human Equity through Art (HEART). He created the chitlin circut. Curtis is a lover of words and a lover and supporter of his community and people around the world. 

Fireside Chat with poets Linda Bess and Curtis Crisler honoring National Poetry Month. I'm excited to come out to play as I also read some of my original works of poetry. 

Linda is a talented artist with many gifts to offer ranging from the written and spoken word to dance and sharing her voice through her music. Her primary art is poetry, she has been published in several journals and has worked as a freelance editor working very closely with aspiring authors.  

Curtis is the author of several books, an associate professor of English at Purdue University Fort Wayne. He has been a contributing poetry editor for Aquaris Press and a Poetry for Human Equity through Art (HEART). He created the chitlin circut. Curtis is a lover of words and a lover and supporter of his community and people around the world. 

Dear God, It's time, time to take her and shake her into consciousness, It's time to call her by name loud and clear. Justine is totally screwing her life up and as she screws her life it's affecting my grandsons life. This excerpt from an epistolary novel shares a parent's notice about the struggles related to being and feelings success as she talks about the struggles related to her adult daughter until she clearly hears from God that not only is she successful as a mother but that he has never left her side nor has he left the side of her daughter.  Followed by 7 principles of success, how to look at success and how to obtain it in life. 

Triple Board Certified Child & Adolescent, Adult and Forensic Psychiatrist.  

Specialties: Treatment of children, adolescent and adults with therapy and/or medications for ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Mood Disorders and PTSD: parent management training; cultural psychiatry; forensic assessment of children, adolescents and adults in civil and criminal matters including but not limited to psychosexual evaluations of adolescents. 

She is the founder of the Lorio Psych Group, an Atlanta, GA based mental health practice providing expert care and consultation. 

As a lover of poetry, spoken words and quotes I will continue to look at how they have the ability to heal as well as hurt. Written and spoken words have such amazing power. Part 2 re-caps how the written word, poetry and people have been the wind beneath my wings as well as the impact of positive words or the lack of and how and the lasting impact that can and did have on my life. 

Part 2 focuses on 5 areas of shifts (mental/emotional shifts, spiritual shifts, financial shifts, physical shifts and relational shifts) that can change direction of a life, yours/mine/or a life you might touch. I share a few quotes but one particular quote which continues to assist in me playing my life's music. Please use this opportunity to evaluate the stage of change you might be in. Pre-contemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action or Relapse and what do you plan to do about it?

Mental Health is a calling listen to the journey of Xavier from engineer to therapist as he makes a difference in the people around him, making a difference in the community.

I'm a lover of poetry, spoken words and quotes. Words have the ability to heal as well as hurt. Written and spoken work have such amazing power. Let's talk about how the impact of poetry became a chain reaction of unwrapping gifts, how having or not having positive words spoken can also be the chain reaction that shifts the atmosphere around you and finally how quotes can be and in 1 particular case became a part of the chain reaction of change in my life.