It is with deep sadness, sorrow, and gut-wrenching pain that I share today that yesterday, November 14, 2020, by beloved child, dog, friend, companion, and protector—Bishop Milo Bryant, transitioned from this life.
Read more at: http://natashaforeman.com/2020/11/15/my-baby-bishop-milo-has-passed-away-%f0%9f%98%94/
Earlier this morning my mom shared these five simple words that form a very powerful message: Never Stop Living Your Dream! Mom said she heard the words in a Gladys Knight song and she thought they would help to serve through my blog. I wasn’t sure which blog she meant, so I figured that I […]
I just published a post on my SnapChat adventure the other day. Check it out. I hope it makes someone smile, laugh, and then focus on doing the same thing for themselves!
Allow Yourself to Just Be Free
Allow Yourself to Just Be Free
Love,
Natasha
I’m going to focus on today, today. What can I do, see, and be today? That is my focus.
If I have one foot in the past and one in the future, that means I’m straddling the present. If I’m straddling the present then all I can possibly do is take a dump on today or choose to move both of my feet into today’s space. I don’t know about you but I’m tired of dumping on my present. I want to thrive each day. I want to wake excited about what the day will bring, and I want to fall asleep at night pleased with all that I experienced, learned, and shared that day.
I want my life to be about healing reflection not regret. I want to make the most out of my days so that I’m excitedly sharing the greatness of now, and not dwelling on my hay day of the past successes. I want my setback to be a learning setup for bigger and better success, not a cesspool blame game of what-went-wrong.
Yesterday is behind us. Last year is behind us. So are all of the years past that you can’t return to and fix. What happened has happened. You don’t have a time machine to change things; and if you did, would you truly change every thing that happened in your past? Because you would have to in order to get your desired outcome, which means there’s a lot of great people and experiences you would miss out on all because you wanted to change one or more series in your life’s story.
Think of how much precious time you would then lose in the present and how that would then affect your future. There’s a better way to deal with our past….Learn from it and move forward. Stop dumping on your present, or that gift will no longer be your reality.
This isn’t a new year’s resolution, this is my daily affirmation. Focus on being, doing, and seeing all that God has called on me to be, do, and see today.
My self-talk for today….
Maybe it will help someone else who needs a loving push.
~Natasha
I enjoyed the Billboard article written by Patrick Crowley where Detroit duo, JR JR are highlighted, and Josh Epstein discusses why the band chose to take part of their earnings from their tour and donate them to the Jed Foundation to help with mental health and suicide prevention for young adults and youth.
Epstein created a Mental Health Awareness playlist on Billboard’s Spotify account, and then shares why he selected some of the songs. It’s an eclectic list and in my opinion does show the spectrum of the highs, lows, struggles and victories faced by those who knowingly and unknowingly battle mental health issues.
Check out the article and the playlist here:
Grab a pen or copy/paste this into your calendar…my beloved client and friend Melvin Lee Davis (known as @Keeperotln on Twitter) is performing throughout Southern California this month and then goes on a European tour with Lee Ritenour and friends, and then he heads back to the U.S. to swing through the East Coast with Chaka Khan, and then again with Lee Ritenour. Whew I’m out of breath thinking about that!
If you haven’t purchased your tickets yet, now is your chance. Don’t miss an opportunity to hear Melvin Lee Davis, Lee Ritenour, Chaka Khan, and other jazz greats perform at a venue near you!
REMAINING DATES for APRIL 2013
17 Derek Bordeaux @ Original Mikes in Santa Ana, CA
Original Mikes
100 S Main St Santa Ana, CA 92701
(714) 550-7764
http://www.originalmikes.com/wp/reservation/
20 Rhandi and Associates @ Gourmet Italia in Temecula, CA
Gourmet Italia
27499 Ynez Road
Temecula, CA
Phone: 951.676.9194
http://www.gourmetitaliarestaurants.com/livemusic.html
24 Derek Bordeaux @ Original Mikes in Santa Ana, CA
Original Mikes
100 S Main St Santa Ana, CA 92701
(714) 550-7764
http://www.originalmikes.com/wp/reservation/
27 Rhandi and Associates @ Gourmet Italia in Temecula, CA
Gourmet Italia
27499 Ynez Road
Temecula, CA
Phone: 951.676.9194
http://www.gourmetitaliarestaurants.com/livemusic.html
MAY 2013 TOUR DATES
2-4 Lee Ritenour in Yerewan, Armenia @ Yans Club Music Hall
Yans Club Music Hall
74 Teryan Street
Yerevan
Armenia
+358(0)9774 67 420
5 Lee Ritenour in Georgia @ Tbilisi Event Hall
Tbilisi Event Hall
Meligishvili Str. 1
Tbilisi
Georgia
+995-595-797935
7 Lee Ritenour in Rottweil, Germany @ Alte Stallhalle Rottweil
Bruggerstrasse 4
Alte Stallhalle
Rottweil D-78628
Germany
+49 74122730
8 Lee Ritenour in Aschaffernburg, Germany @ Colos-Saal
Rossmarkt 19
Colos-Saal
Rossmarkt 19
Aschaffenburg 63739
Germany
+49 602127239
9-11 Lee Ritenour in Milan, Italy @ Blue Note
Blue Note Milano
Via Borsieri 37
Milano 20159
Italy
+39 0260856304
12 Lee Ritenour Bern, Switzerland @ Muhle Huziken Club
Muhle Hunziken Club, Bern Switzerland
Mill Hunziken concert
GmbH CH-3113 Ribigen
Switzerland
+ 0900 325 325
13 Lee Ritenour in Viena, Austria @ Borgy & Bess
Porgy & Bess
Riemergasse 11, 1010 Wien
Vienna
Austria
+43-1-5128811
14 Lee Ritenour in Stuttgart, Germany @ Bix Jazz Club
BIX Jazz Club
Leonhardsplatz 28
Stuttgart
Germany
+49 711 23840997
17-18 Lee Ritenour @ Club A Trane—Berlin
Club A-Trane
Pestalozzistrasse 105
Berlin
Germany
+49 (1) 773358535
19 Lee Ritenour in Amsterdam, Netherlands @ North Sea Jazz Club
North Sea Jazz Club
Pazzanistraat 1
Amsterdam 1014DB
Netherlands
+31 (1)52148900
20 Lee Ritenour @ Zoetermeer, Netherlands @ De Boerderij
Boerderij
Amerikaweg 145
Zoetermeer, Holland 2717AV
Netherlands
+31 793211012
25 Chaka Khan @ nTelos Wireless Pavilion in Virginia Beach, VA:
28-29 Lee Ritenour in Boston @ Scullers
Scullers
400 Soldiers Field Road
Boston , MA 02134
617-562-4111
two showtimes both nights (8pm and 10pm)
Get tickets here http://www.ticketweb.com/snl/VenueListings.action?venueId=18647&pl=scullers&page=1&resultsPerPage=40
31 Lee Ritenour in New Haven, CT at John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts
John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts
501 Crescent Street
New Haven, CT 06515
203-392-5200
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