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These are the 5 daily reminders I have done in 2015 and will continue to remind myself in 2016. What a year I had, spiritually, emotionally, physically and professionally. 2015 began shakey with my mother's diagnoses to cancer and my son totaling our only car in which he should have been either hurt or dead, but wasn't. I could have seen that beginning as hell freezing over and it sure could have carried off and over and fucked up the rest of my year, but I knew better. This wasn't my first rodeo because I knew when there is rain and clouds, sunshine and rainbows are soon to follow. My prayer to God when I was in California back in February with that short time with the priest gave me the strength, courage and faith I needed to get past all the pain that I was enduring and to know that without a shadow of a doubt that I had the most amazing gift through a sign that was soon to follow. That was all I needed to feel in my heart and soul. Daily, I reminded myself of who I am a

     How do I know I am with my soulmate? It was such a delayed feeling. I've never been in love like this. I don't think any of us really know what it is until we have it.       I will say this now that I know after eight months of dating and now being engaged to this man and looking back at the first time he made his move to be with me. It felt like riding a bike. Even though I have not rode a bike in years, I am sure it will just come right back to me. It feels just like that, a familiar ride, a familiar feeling. You just know. I never felt uncomfortable at any one time on our first date, I didn't question, he just flowed with me like I knew him forever, and I just felt like myself. I wasn't my representative; I was just me naturally. Our souls were at one and recognized each other by it. It felt magnetic, soulful and like this man had been my best friend forever in which he absolutely is. I asked, I believed, and received the ultimate gift the universe wants to give

This has been quite a time for me in reflection. Reflection is important so that I don't lose myself, the purpose I set out to do and my truth. The world can suck you in easily with so much going on these days especially the way my life can be a fast paced roller coaster. Sometimes, you just have to get off and just sit and take it all in. I have been doing this much more lately, that it's now becoming a habitual pattern that I could not be happier to have adopted. I do not know if it is age, but one thing is certain, I have prayed to get to a point where I would just stop, breathe, and just appreciate all that is around me now in the present moment. Asking my own self, how are you? This is a great question to ask ourselves daily. Think about it! When we first greet someone, we usually ask them how they are. Whether or not,  they tell you the real truth, it's still a proper question and a real question we should ask ourselves everyday. At least we can be truthful to

Tuesday, July 23rd,  I have the pleasure of interviewing three regional DJs from the midwest, Jeff Ozmtz, Jayme Jay and Brian Blackbird. On Saturday, June 27th, I am hosting their show with International DJ and Producer Blake Jarrell and interviewing this legend for our two part show that week. It's a very exciting time for dance music and I am very happy to have found my voice in it.  Here is the link of the event details. I look forward to meeting new people. Stop by and say hello to me and let's get a picture so that I can start pumping up my media page on here.  https://www.facebook.com/events/1573770249551294/ Blake Jarrell's website: www.blakejarrell.com

Baltimore's Shawn Q  is a newly signed artist at DirtyBird Records. Here is the link to our most recent show and check out all of his new music, shows and future endeavors here.  http://sqmusic.us/ http://www.spreaker.com/user/loloknows/36-lolo-knows-radio-show-06-09-2015?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=widget

DJ Corrupt's New Album Resonate is Out Now!! Download your Copy TODAY!!! Follow Corrupt  https://www.facebook.com/TheDJCorrupt?fref=ts Also Jeff Ozmtz Remix of StoneBridge's, Losing Control has been released Worldwide. Download TODAY!!! https://pro.beatport.com/release/losing-control-the-remixes/1529890 Follow StoneBridge at: https://www.facebook.com/RealStoneBridge?fref=ts Follow Ozmtz at: https://www.facebook.com/DJOZMTZ?fref=ts

Hello and so happy to be back from Detroit. It was an amazing weekend of music uniting the masses under one universal language. What a joy it is each time to see people living in such peace. I loved and took in every single moment that I could. Here is the link to the Movement Electronic Music Festival show I did with DJ and Producer Anthony Jimenez who rocked the Underground Stage and DJ, Producer and Co-label owner Mike Hanlon.                         http://www.iheart.com/show/53-Lolo-Knows/?episode_id=27246522 For more information and to follow my guests updates on shows and new music. Here are their links:                                                         http://www.djanthonyjimenez.com/ http://stemandleafmusic.com/ http://soundcloud.com/stem-leaf-records

It's been quite a while since I updated the blog, but I am thankful you all have been following my posts and the show. It's been quite a busy, fun filled and emotional time. I am one person that is really working her hardest to get to where I need to go. What I am most grateful for is being able to wake up each day and having another opportunity to make more memories, more shows and more art. Nothing worth striving for ever comes easy, but I can appreciate the journey. I would like to share some new opportunities and developments with Lolo Knows Radio Show. First off is our collaboration with  www.soundandnoize.com . I am an editorial writer for them. Taylor Rozenblat who is the Editor in Chief is going to be the International Music Correspondent for the show and I couldn't be happier that she accepted my invitation. Look out for the Lolo Knows feature she will be doing for Sound and Noize. Secondly, Ricky Spanish, whose been one of my outspoken guests on the Lolo K

                 Picture I took a few years ago of Kim and her son Devin.  I woke up this morning and found out my girl, Kim, lost her son, Devin who I wrote about his fundraiser here for his brain cancer he was fighting. I am so saddened but needed to find ways in which parents and families close to the child can cope with this type of loss. I am a mother and can only imagine how they feel as I am now dealing with my mother that is battling a stage 4 cancer in her brain. I found the following on Cancer.net that not only can help her, but surely can help me cope as well.  No parent is prepared for a child’s death, even if you have anticipated it during your child’s illness. People have different reactions and feelings after the death of a child and may grieve the loss in different ways. Grief may come and go in waves throughout your life. Although it seems impossible, you can eventually let the loss become part of who you are and go on to find happiness in life again.

We live in a very busy world and there doesn't always seem to be enough time in the day to complete it all. People can even come off a little self absorbed and not really take in consideration that others are busy but have taken an opportunity to think about you while you were running around. Today's tasks may even in fact be there tomorrow. So, what's 5 minutes of your time to speak to the one that called you and thought about you in the midst of the chaos. It just might be God's way of telling you to slow down and never take for granted those other blessings that we often do and before you know it, we have lost a friend or family member because we got too busy to even give them that precious and most treasured time of the day to them. Instead we think that they will be there tomorrow or the next day. Folks, WAKE UP!!! Look around you and really observe who really is in your corner and make a conscience effort to stay there. What's up with the people that are too b

This quote by Charlize Theron says it best. I never wished to be a single mom, but that is what I have been for 21 years and I have to say, it was the best years of my life. My mother got divorced from my father when I was 9 years old and she became a single mom. Having her as an example was the best lesson I could draw from to be the best mom to my boys to this day. It made me want to be better and sacrifice what I needed to, to give my sons the best time and life I could,  so that I could see them thrive better than I did in these conditions. This was my time to prove that not only I could do that, but love in a selfless place and put others needs before my own and grow me to the woman I am today. I am currently able to inspire a generation that would at least want to look at my example and feel that despite the dreams I have had as a little girl, the dream to give my boys what I didn't have manifested because giving to them was like giving to myself and it did pay off. I hav

This quote is so true. I just saw two people going at it on social media and I told them to make a decision about their relationship and that this was not the place to do it.  That is child's play!! I also told them that my mother was diagnosed with cancer to hopefully put it all in perspective for them so that they could settle a matter that was close to their heart. My friend and artist, Arabella Proffer, and a guest I had on Lolo Knows, put it in perspective. She said she no longer worries about shit because cancer did that for her. Once you have had it and been through it whether physically or emotionally, it should really open up your eyes to what matters. I went through a break up that was difficult for me and my ex.  He wasn't well in  handling it because all he knew how to be was pissed and hurt until he felt he  no longer wanted to be that way. As we were going through an issue one day, at that very moment, I received a text from my sister, telling me about my mom

There was a time in my life when I was hanging out with all the wrong people. Let me be clear, they were awesome individuals, they just weren’t MY crowd. They didn’t get me, they liked to do all the things I really didn’t care to do and they talked about things I had no interest in. Hanging around with them made me feel drained, depressed and lonely. Lonely because I couldn’t make a connection with them around subjects that had meaning to me… Drained because I had to BE SOMEONE ELSE to fit in with who they were and what they wanted to do… Depressed because, well, it sucks to feel like you don’t fit in or like people just don’t GET you. Am I right? So how do you attract the RIGHT People into your life? Are you ready for this? Because it’s some seriously powerful stuff…  BE YOURSELF. 100% of the time and 100% REAL. If you think that you’re being real, but you’re still finding the wrong people showing up in your life, then you need to take a moment to reassess your YOU-ness. If the wrong

Arabella is a painter and co-founder of the indie label Elephant Stone Records. Her loose narrative themes revolve around a fascination with punk rock, aristocracy, Renaissance portraiture, aging socialites, gothic divas, and medical history. She attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA before receiving her BFA from California Institute of the Arts. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions throughout North America, as well as Europe, the Middle East, and Australia. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, she has taken up residence in Laguna Beach, Los Angeles, and Boston. She and her husband, writer Ben Vendetta, live on the shores of Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio. Her book  The National Portrait Gallery of Kessa: The Art of Arabella Proffer  was published in 2011 by Cooperative Press and she has appeared in The Wall Street Journal ,  The LA Times ,  The Plain Dealer ,  Cleveland Scene ,  Hi Fructose Magazine ,  Juxtapoz Magazine ,  SF Weekly ,  The Harvard University

The only way two people can move on after there has been hurt is if there is a true apology followed by action. There is no amount of candy, flowers and I am sorry that will mask the wound if it isn't being treated properly to insure that the wound will ever reappear. It will   take a good deal of analyzing on your part so that you can pinpoint the factors that lead to the breakup to begin with. Only then can you   craft your own plan of getting that person back by “reverse-engineering” the relationship and every mistake that led to it falling apart. Time always heals, but that is all it will be especially if you expect the damage to just be ignored or disappear. Those damaging factors need to be gone for good in order to insure the strength, value and love you seek. Love doesn't go away in a day, but a person like myself  that values her own heart will love herself more than to ever think that her love wasn't worth you fixing and getting rid of the problem that led to y

Congrats to Sarah Williams.  I am so excited that this painting done by me and Angel DeJesus has an official new home. It brings tears to my eyes and I am overwhelmed by the love and support that you all have shown me for the art I do and this particular piece which was done out of love with my partner at that time.   Thanks for all that participated in this raffle.  God bless you.  

I have had more than my fair share of ups and downs in the last year and I am sure there will be a few hiccups to overcome this year, but having the support and love from my kids and friends has been the most wonderful testimony because the ones that are currently by my side even in my darkest days, have shown me they were my true supporters.  We need to go through those downs at times to see that  and you better know I asked the Universe to reveal them and I was pleasantly surprised by it's answer. There were folks that came out the woodworks and have literally told me that I had inspired and gave them the determination to go after their life goals and dreams and that I was their strength when they were down. My jaw dropped to the ground and my eyes have been full of tears because although there has been a battle within my own self, God wanted me to know because of what I did for others, that those same ones would be there to be my strength and guide as well. I am beyond humb

Two powerful little words we will be discussing on Bomb Squad Radio Show TONIGHT at 7pm on    www.voiceitradio.com  It is AFFIRMATION FRIDAY and a great way to kick off 2015. You can call in and share some of your own affirmations at (216) 694-8910.

It feels so good to start off the new year in a giving spirit. Proceeds will be donated to a local woman's shelter. This cause is near and dear to my heart due to the fact I was raised in an abusive home and found myself once in a shelter with my mom and sisters. This is setting the tone for the rest of my year. This is a 30x30in mixed media painting. On the side of this post is a Donate button. Please click! For each $1 spent is one raffle ticket. You will be emailed your raffle number. Winner will be announce here and on my FB page Lolo Knows and on Jay Soirée's page on January 7th at 12pm. Thank you for all your help!  Good blessings to you all.