An Honor of a Lifetime I had no idea how much I would enjoy planning my daughter’s Bachelorette Weekend. My daughter and my husband gave me an excellent blueprint for how to throw an awesome party when they threw my 50th birthday party! My Fabulous 50th Birthday Bash! My turn! In addition to the fun […]
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Do you remember the ABC After School Specials? As a proud GenXer and latchkey kid, I remember having plenty of time to watch tv. I remember watching After School Specials and having conversations with my friends about the dramatic situations and their relevance to things in our own life. This particular one, The Wave, always
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Lately, this has been me. For some reason, perhaps menopause, I’ve been waking somewhere between 2-3 in the morning. And I mean, awake, as in fully awake and raring to go! How I feel about being up this early. The mere thought of being up this early for no good reason, tends to leave me
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An early Travel Bucket List Item There are three things that fueled my desire to go to Hawaii very early in my life. The first is when my elementary school friend, Jill, went on a trip to Hawaii for Spring Break. The picture she showed me of her family being greeted with leis made an
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Reason #1 to love Aruba As a Marriott Diva, I can tell you, one of my favorite Marriott’s, is the Renaissance Wind Creek Aruba Resort. It is my first reason to love Aruba. The resort is beautiful, has a plethora of wonderful restaurants, a shopping plaza with high end stores, a wonderful spa, and a
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I’ve been everywhere! In my quest to become one of Marriott Bonvoy’s TikTok Creators, I’ll be sharing some of my favorite Marriott memories. I’ve been a Marriott Diva for over a decade. This video is a small snippet of some of my recent Marriott trips. Sneak Peak I have so many awesome Marriott experiences to
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It’s Sunday, the perfect time to Stop and Breathe So, just do it! Prioritize Finding balance doesn’t necessarily mean doing it all. Sometimes it means prioritizing and focus on the most important and pressing. Whatever your method, remember, you don’t have to do it all. Beach vibes This is time elapsed footage on the beach
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The PERFECT contest for me! It was all innocent enough! I was in the midst of my morning routine when I ran across this somewhere online. My response to seeing this! How you can help Please share my videos and/or comment #khadeeja4marriott and or #marriotdiva. I started my own hashtags to help Marriott keep track
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Christmas in St. Croix Keeping with our annual Christmas in the Caribbean tradition, this year we decided to explore St. Croix. My fan girl moment I have to admit, I had a real fan girl moment while we were in St. Croix. It was when we went by the office of US House of Representatives,
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I’ve been enjoying the conversations and dialogues we’ve been having on TikTok recently. Some are funny and some are deep. The ones about race are not easy conversations to have. They often dredge up painful and hurtful thoughts and memories of our troubled past and current state of troubled affairs in this country. Nonetheless, I
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