Category: Susan K aka Lady Flava
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Life|🍜 The Birthday Noodle Tradition
I learned something beautiful — that long noodles on your birthday symbolize a long, blessed life. Funny thing is, I’ve been doing it all along. Whether it’s pho, chow mein, or spaghetti and meatballs, I’ve been honoring a tradition I didn’t even know was mine. 🍜
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Japanese Women Who Spoke Up |Vol.2|Shimizu Shikin
They lived in different times, but carried the same fire. From Shimizu Shikin’s pen in 19th-century Japan to Yuri Kochiyama’s activism in 20th-century America — both women spoke when silence was expected. Japanese Women Who Spoke Up — Part 2 honors the voices that refused to fade, the courage that crossed oceans, and the truth…
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H&W| Mindful Movement in the Rain
🌧️ Mindful Movement in the Rain Simply Flava | Health & Wellness Chronicles This morning, I woke up slow. It was stormy and gray in Seattle — the kind of morning that makes you want to curl deeper into the covers and just listen to the rain beat its rhythm against the window. The trees…
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Thank You|🌻 To My Readers — Old and New
🌻 To My Readers — Old and New Every time I see a new name pop up in my subscribers list, my heart smiles. 🥰 Whether you’ve just joined me, or you’ve been walking beside me for months — thank you. Thank you for showing up, for reading, for pausing in your day to sit with…
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Life|65|Reflections on Healing & Remembrance
🌻 The Warmth They Leave Behind Simply Flava | Reflections on Healing & Remembrance Sometimes love doesn’t disappear; it just changes shape. It becomes a blanket folded in a drawer, a photo glowing beneath a lamp, a tumbler on a shelf that still feels like a friend’s steady hand. When I pulled out Sheryl’s Seahawks blanket…
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Life|H&W| The Safety of Healing
🌻 The Safety of Healing — A Reflection for Sheryl Simply Flava | Health & Wellness Some people move through work as if they are clocking time. Then there are those rare souls, like Sheryl, who turn work into ministry. She once told a patient, “Hold on, I’ll print your referral and fax it myself.” That…
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Blog Challenge|When I First Felt Like A Grown Up
When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)? 🌻 When Was the First Time You Really Felt Like a Grown-Up? I think I’ve always carried myself with a sense of maturity, even as a preteen. I wasn’t overly playful, but I loved to laugh and have fun. I just had…
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Life|Saturday Stillness by the Lake
☕ Saturday Stillness by the Lake It’s Saturday morning, and I just dropped Kiki off at her class. The air feels cool and calm — that kind of quiet only Fall seems to know. I’ve got my Pecan Crunch Oatmilk Latte in hand and a book I’ve been meaning to read — “Perfect Is Boring (And…
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