Category: Lady Flava

• 60+|You’re Doing Better Than You Think

  🌤 A Soft Reminder: You’re Doing Better Than You Think To whoever needs this today… You don’t have to have it all figured out to be doing something beautiful with your life. Sometimes, just getting up, breathing through the pain, and choosing kindness when it’s easier to shut down—is everything. If no one’s told you lately:…

  Lady Flava News

  July 20, 2025

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• Literary|✨ A Flava Connection Rekindled|Dear Penelope

  ✨ A Flava Connection Rekindled: Penelope Flynn & The Chronicles of Renfields Who would have thought that a MySpace connection would circle back years later into my revived journey as a book reviewer? I was both surprised and honored to receive this comment from speculative fiction author Penelope Flynn on my recent blog post, “Book…

  Lady Flava News

  July 20, 2025

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• A Journey Through Ikigai and Wabi Sabi

  🌿 Finding My Way Back to Me: A Journey Through Ikigai and Wabi Sabi By Susan “Lady Flava” Koshi There are times when I wish I had an elder still with me—someone to sit beside, sip tea with, and ask deep questions about life, purpose, and beauty. I imagine them telling stories with soft hands and wise…

  Lady Flava News

  July 20, 2025

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• Book Review| To Quit or Commit

  A Reader’s Dilemma: To Quit or Commit? By Susan Koshi | Lady Flava Reads 🌻 There’s a certain magic I look for when I open a book. I want to feel the story—not just read it. I want to visualize the setting, hear the distinct voices of the characters, and understand where I am in…

  Lady Flava News

  July 19, 2025

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• “Kindness Isn’t Weakness, But You Played It Wrong”

  🖤 When Kindness Is Met With Strategy “You don’t get to destroy someone’s spirit and then get uncomfortable when they survive it.” Lately, I’ve been moving through a quiet storm — one that doesn’t show on the outside, but it’s shifted everything underneath. People I once trusted changed. Conversations slowed when I entered the room.…

  Lady Flava News

  July 16, 2025

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• A&E|Charlie Sampson: The Watts Cowboy Who Made Rodeo History

  🐂 A&E | Charlie Sampson: The Watts Cowboy Who Made Rodeo History By LadyFlava of LadyFlavaNews Rodeo isn’t typically the first thing that comes to mind when people think of Watts, California. But for Charlie Sampson, the city he called home shaped his resilience, determination, and fighting spirit—qualities that would lead him to make history…

  Lady Flava News

  July 12, 2025

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• 60+|H&W|Returning to Calm: Finding Peace in Familiar Spaces

  Today was a good day. I found myself back in the Cerebrovascular (CV) clinic—a space I hadn’t worked in regularly for over a year. I used to love being here. Back then, it felt like my home base: steady, calm, and familiar. Over time, I shifted into the bustling world of Neurosurgery Complex Spine. The…

  Lady Flava News

  July 8, 2025

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• 60+|Simply Flava |Evening Reflection

  Soft Steps Into 65: Space Cleared, Spirit Ready Today was one of those quietly meaningful days—the kind that doesn’t shout, but gently whispers, you’re doing just fine. I started the morning with Ghini curled up nearby, his presence grounding me as I sipped my coffee and watched the sky shift. There’s something about a cat’s…

  Lady Flava News

  July 5, 2025

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• Blog Challenge|60+|My Dream Retirement

  How do you want to retire? 🌻 How Do You Want to Retire? A Blog Challenge Reflection by Simply Flava Now that I’m turning 65 in just a few days, retirement has been on my mind more than ever. I find myself dreaming of what retirement could look like — not just realistically, but ideally.…

  Lady Flava News

  July 5, 2025

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• 60+|Getting My Groove Back (no, not like Stella)

  Getting My Groove Back: Coffee, Cats & Plotting My Next Chapter This morning, Ghini (short for Lamborghini) and I are posted up by the front window. He’s lounging high on her perch like the pretty boy he is, while I sip on coffee that’s still too hot to drink. The air is crisp, the birds…

  Lady Flava News

  July 5, 2025

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