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I’m the Guest Editor for ‘Atlanta’ magazine’s 2024 issue of ‘Atlanta 500’!!! On Newsstands NOW!!!

Hello World,

Last year, I shared that I had been working on “a ginormous freelance project that took all of my extra attention outside of my job, family life, and other regular responsibilities.” And the reason why is because I was the 2023 guest editor of Atlanta magazine’s Atlanta 500!!!

Well, chile, God blessed me with that accolade AGAIN! I’m the 2024 guest editor of Atlanta magazine’s Atlanta 500!!! This year, I received a promotion of sorts as I was named the editor of the publication although it is still a freelance position…Everything I shared last year is still true so I will share it again…

What is the Atlanta 500 you ask?

“The Atlanta 500 recognizes the 500 most influential business and civic leaders in Atlanta. The list also includes dozens of leaders whom the magazine has deemed as ‘Legends.’ The Atlanta 500 recognizes the most influential Atlantans—including not only corporate CEOs, but also leading entrepreneurs, educators, researchers, artists, and those leading nonprofits and shaping public policy.”

I was proud and excited to take on this ginormous freelance project for a few reasons:

  1. Atlanta magazine is the premier magazine of my city. As a magazine journalism bachelor’s degree recipient from the Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication of the University of Georgia, it is a no brainer.
  2. As the A is my hometown, it was a privilege to edit a book comprised of the best and brightest of the A for 2024! (And if you aspire to be a leader here, I think you should definitely get a copy!)
  3. While I love being a new mother, it is also important for me to continue nourishing and flourishing in my communications career so it was a test of whether I would be able to balance all of my responsibilities as they are now. If I didn’t know before, I truly know now that prayer works! And my village (those who help me and my handsome hubby take care of our twins) is a Godsend…Chile…I already knew that working mothers are akin to superheroes and now I’m finding out why…

So if you are in Atlanta, please get your own copy of Atlanta 500 wherever you would normally buy your copies of Atlanta magazine. I got my copy from the newsstand at Sprouts grocery store. Or if you want to save time and not search around at various stores, just get your copy HERE for $5.95 plus shipping. Also, the link for the 2024 issue of the Atlanta 500 will be live in the near future, but in the meantime, please check out Atlanta magazine and previous issues of Atlanta 500 HERE.

So with that, I say, “Peace Up! A-Town Down Shawty.”

Any thoughts?

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Former Antioch Church First Lady Myesha Chaney Reveals ‘The Untold Story’ Behind Her Divorce from ‘Preachers of LA’ Pastor Wayne Chaney on YouTube…

Hello World,

I would guess in an effort to have a new beginning, Myesha Chaney, who was blindsided by her former husband Preachers of LA Pastor Wayne Chaney of Antioch Church when he announced their divorce on social media a year ago, revealed “The Untold Story of My Divorce” on YouTube earlier today at 8 a.m. PST. Eight is the biblical number for a new beginning…

I watched the video which was roughly 20 minutes, but I still don’t get why they divorced after 18 years of marriage. She mentioned that sadly one of their children attempted to commit suicide and that her father had a health emergency. I do understand that life-altering events such as the ones she mentioned are capable of breaking up a marriage, but I didn’t get the sense that these events directly led to the demise of their relationship. She also mentioned that due to counseling, she started to change, but she never mentioned any specific change that led to a rift worthy of divorce. In fact, I get the sense that she is not quite sure what truly caused their marriage to unravel, but she is trying to move forward nevertheless.

But I will say this: Based on the first few minutes of the video, it doesn’t seem that their marriage had a firm foundation from the beginning. Some people think this is antiquated advice, but older women will advise that a woman should marry a man who loves her a little more than she loves him. She fell in love within days of meeting her former husband while her former husband had to be convinced by God that she was “The One” and even broke up with her for several months before he eventually resumed their relationship and proposed. When I think of when I met my husband or when my friends met their husbands, the common thread was that these dudes came hard with it. Typically, when men want a particular woman, they don’t have to be convinced. They chase you down and as it turns out, men love to chase (for the most part)…I think it appeals to their masculinity to think they chased and caught you and now they have scored the ultimate prize in convincing you to be their wives….when that doesn’t happen, I think men feel cheated…I know this sounds like real caveman behavior but it is what it is…Older women believe that marriage will certainly be hard at times, but if you marry a man who had to catch you, he is more willing to go through the rough times because he remembers how hard he had to work to even catch your attention…

Watch the video for yourself and let me know what you think…

I apologize if my ideas are disjointed. It bees like that when you have twin toddlers so…

Anywho…

Any thoughts?

P.S.  I do feel odd dissecting their divorce, but since she put it out there…Lastly, I wish them the best in their respective journeys to their new beginnings…Even if they did choose to divorce, it can’t be easy to separate after you have lived with a mate for 18 years…

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What Really Happened to Carlee Russell? Press Conference Scheduled for 2:30 P.M. CST Today…

Hello World,

I don’t have as much time to ruminate on daily news as I used to, but this story did capture my attention…Have you heard of the Carlee Russell case? Below is the PEOPLE magazine summary….

Investigators are still working to figure out how and why an Alabama woman went missing for two days before reappearing on her parents’ doorstep Saturday night.

Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell disappeared after calling 911 last Thursday night, telling a dispatcher that she stopped along I-459 on her way home from work after seeing a toddler walking by himself in a diaper along the highway.

However, when police arrived on the scene, they found the 25-year-old’s car still running with her belongings inside. Carlee was nowhere to be found. A statewide search was fruitless for more than 48 hours, while news about her mysterious disappearance spread on social media until she reappeared back at her parent’s house in Hoover, Ala., on Saturday night. Read the entire article HERE.

Many people posted prayers on social media for this young woman’s safe return…

However, since this article was released, the Hoover Police Department has released more information below and will host a news conference at 2:30 p.m. CST later today…

I don’t know what to think at this point…

Any thoughts?