April Sims http://aprilsims.com Photographer, Quote Love, Foodie, Bargain Hunter, Blogger and so much more Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:44:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Do You Have Snakes In Your Grass? Learn to Mind Your Business http://aprilsims.com/do-you-have-snakes-in-your-grass-learn-to-mind-your-business/ http://aprilsims.com/do-you-have-snakes-in-your-grass-learn-to-mind-your-business/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:30:09 +0000 April Sims http://aprilsims.com/?p=998 Some people are so worried about the weeds in the yards of others to the extent their yard gets out of control.  Before they know it – - when they look down they are knee high in grass, weeds and who knows what else. If they cannot see what is in their knee high grass, [...]

]]> http://aprilsims.com/do-you-have-snakes-in-your-grass-learn-to-mind-your-business/feed/ 1 You Knew What You Had You Just Never Thought You Would Lose It http://aprilsims.com/many-dont-know-what-they-have-until-they-lose-it/ http://aprilsims.com/many-dont-know-what-they-have-until-they-lose-it/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:00:53 +0000 April Sims http://aprilsims.com/?p=1703   People say you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. Truth is, you knew what you had, you just never thought you’d lose it. The above image was shared with me in an email. I think the message is very powerful.

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]]> http://aprilsims.com/today-in-black-history-february-22/feed/ 1 Chicago Teacher Files Lawsuit For Using The ‘N’ Word http://aprilsims.com/chicago-teacher-files-lawsuit-for-using-the-n-word/ http://aprilsims.com/chicago-teacher-files-lawsuit-for-using-the-n-word/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:24:58 +0000 April Sims http://aprilsims.com/?p=2955 A teacher in Chicago utilized the ‘N-word’ to teach his students a lesson on derogatory language, and was later suspended from his job for using “verbally abusive” language, as documented on an official civil rights complaint filed last Thursday. The teacher, Lincoln Brown, employed at Murray Language Academy, has since filed a lawsuit against the [...]

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]]> http://aprilsims.com/when-life-hands-you-lemons-make-lemonade/feed/ 3 Death and life are in the power of the tongue http://aprilsims.com/death-and-life-are-in-the-power-of-the-tongue/ http://aprilsims.com/death-and-life-are-in-the-power-of-the-tongue/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:00:01 +0000 April Sims http://aprilsims.com/?p=2051 Proverbs 18:21 – “Death and life are in the power of the tongue” Don’t curse your future. Prophecy your future with positive spoken words. Today is a new day … only speak victory into your life. ~ Soul Food by April Sims        

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