Category: Lady Flava Sharing Her Day
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ASipOf Flava|My Love For Coffee
A Sip of Flava I have not been a coffee drinker my whole adult life. What I was drawn to first wasn’t the caffeine — it was the calm. The feeling of coffee shops. The rhythm. The way time seemed to slow down inside those spaces. That love led me to build one of my…
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ATasteOfFlava|Thursday Vibes
Some mornings don’t need big plans or deep conversations. Just a quiet tower… cool air… cats at the window… a little bird trying to make an important announcement… and coffee before the phones start ringing. Thursday mornings in Seattle just hit different. ☕🌻🐦 New “A Taste of Flava” blog dropping today.
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ATasteOfFlava|Quiet and Focused
Some mornings don’t arrive loud.They arrive quiet… with gray Seattle skies, manageable pain, a squirrel named Chip putting on an acrobatic performance outside my tower window, and a reminder that your voice is still reaching people. ☕🌲🐿️🌍 Today I learned that Lady Flava News has now been viewed in 50+ countries. That touched my heart…
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ATasteOfFlava|The Break Through |Maybe It’s Time To Live Again
Some mornings hit differently. Not because life suddenly became easy… but because hope quietly returned. After weeks of pain, frustration, pushing through, and finally accepting help, today feels softer. Calmer. Clearer. I’m learning that healing sometimes begins the moment you stop pretending you’re okay and allow yourself to move toward relief. One cloudy Seattle morning…
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H&W|Next Hip Replacement Surgery?
Sometimes our bodies force us to slow down long before our minds are ready. The last two weeks I felt hopeful starting a new physical therapy journey… but instead of feeling stronger, my body started reacting in ways that left me discouraged, uncomfortable, and uncertain about what the next step should be. Today’s Monday H&W…
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ATasteOfFlava|My Body is Struggling 🙁
Sometimes the hardest thing to admit is that your body is struggling while your mind is still trying to stay strong. Today’s A Taste of Flava is raw, honest, and personal. I talk about pain, discouragement, physical therapy, finally accepting that I needed a walker, and what it feels like when you think you’re making…
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H&W|Chronic Pain
When Pain Makes You Cautious to Move I don’t know if this is muscle weakness pain or something more. What I do know is that I just completed two weeks at a new physical therapy clinic with a completely different approach to movement. I started out hopeful. Hopeful that maybe this would be the thing…
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A Mother’s Day Message
Motherhood changed me in ways I never expected. This Mother’s Day, I found myself reflecting on survival, healing, emotional safety, peace, complicated family love, and the quiet strength mothers carry every single day. Not every story is perfect. Not every family is simple. Not every wound is visible. But there is still beauty in becoming…
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A Taste of Flava|Me and My Peace
Sometimes healing looks like physical therapy, warm Seattle sunshine, a Ross bag full of little treasures, and spending the day with someone who feels like peace to your soul. 🌻❣️ Tomorrow’s A Taste of Flava is about love that stands the test of time, rebuilding strength, aging with grace, and the comfort of being truly…
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ATasteOfFlava|Vegas back Home to Seattle The Different Climates
Seattle rain and Vegas desert heat taught me something important… My body responds differently depending on the environment I’m in. Lately, I’ve been paying attention to warmth, stiffness, fatigue, movement, and the little things that seem to help my body soften instead of brace against pain. This morning, sitting in my tower with my small…

