Hello World,

I know it’s been a minute, but I’m still around although much of my time that I had for blogging is now devoted to raising my rambunctious twin girls.

But once the girls go to school (and we’re looking for schools now), I expect to have more time to reignite my online presence…

But in the meantime, in between time, I’m poppin’ in to let you know that I will be participating in the Peachtree City Library’s 2025 Local Author Expo THIS SATURDAY so if you live in the metro Atlanta area, please stop by…

And if you stop by, please ask me how I got kicked out of a salon last week because of these two…SMH!!!

I call this photo Before & After…LOL

Any thoughts?

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Hello World,

When I saw this on my IG timeline last night, I need I had to share it with my After the Altar Call fam! Kirk Franklin’s son Caziah Franklin proposed to his girlfriend Alena Pitts, who starred in the blockbuster movie War Room, when she was a little girl. Obviously she is now a young woman. See the beach proposal photos below…

 

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I actually interviewed Alena and her mother Wynter Pitts back in 2017 when she was 12 years old (so according to my math, she is now 19).  Below is a snippet of the interview…

1. How does it feel to be the youngest, African- American female author to be represented by a major book publisher?

Alena: Kind of surreal still. Like it hasn’t really hit me. So it’s crazy. I’m just grateful that it happened to me! And then I’m like, ‘Thank you God!’

And how did you get a book deal for Hello Stars?

Alena: So, my mom was like, ‘Hey Alena, do you want to write a book together?’ I was like, ‘Sure.’ My mom was like, ‘That would be so fun!’ I really didn’t think that was going to happen, but she was like, ‘Let’s just pray about it.’  So I prayed about it not really expecting anything to happen. So like two weeks later, we got an e-mail from Zondervan asking if we wanted to write a book for them. So I was like, ‘Wow, this must be God’s plan!’ (Laughter)

Wynter: It literally happened just like that! It was just this random thought I had one day, and I just looked at her and said, ‘It would be so fun if we wrote a book together.’ And that was it. And then, a few weeks later, we got an e-mail from Faithgirlz saying they wanted to talk to us about the project. It was so bizarre. Because of my ministry with girls, I had done some Faithgirlz product giveaways and helped them promote some things so I had a relationship with the publicist there. Since then, I found out the publicist mentioned our names to their team over the last year or so, but I didn’t know anyone else on the team!

See the remainder of the interview at ‘War Room’ 12-Year-Old Actress Alena Pitts & Mother Pen Children’s Book ‘Hello Stars!’ (INTERVIEW).

When I heard about Wynter’s death the next year following my interview with her and her daughter in 2017, I was stunned and saddened, but I believe Alena’s mother is with the Father in Heaven where we all aspire to go some day. And obviously, our Father is still leading Alena today. May God bless Caziah and Alena on their new journey together!

Any thoughts?

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Hello World,

After you’ve celebrated Easter with your church family, check out UNSUNG and UNCENSORED Tonight on TV One!

The seven-time NAACP Image Award-winning series UNSUNG, spotlights entertainment’s most talented, versatile, and influential music artists. This week’s episode highlights Donald Lawrence. He has left a legacy as one of the most important figures in contemporary gospel music, but success has not come without its share of struggles. Donald has faced criticism for infusing secular music into faith-based music and has been transparent about his battle with cancer. Catch his episode tonight at 9 p.m. Below is a clip from tonight’s episode!

Any thoughts?

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