My name is Manaesia Young, and I am the proud owner and founder of Moisturize Me Hair Care. Before I opened Moisturize Me Hair Care, I was doing what any 22 year old is expected to do. I was enrolled in school, working as a server trying to figure out what exactly I wanted to […]
The Story of FurCats; From Teaching to Tiny Tigers. I’ve been in education since I was 3 until I was 38 – a whopping 35 years! There was no fancy-pants gap year – it was a straight run. I attended college after I’d finished school, then to University and then completed my Teacher Training before going […]
About six months prior to opening my online boutique I had just moved back home to Connecticut from Washington DC where I was working as a manager in a high- end clothing boutique. The store actually closed down due to a lack of customers choosing to purchase expensive name brand products while there is an entire […]
Dear Neve, I know life is tough right now, your parents are getting divorced, you feel like your world is about to be torn apart. On top of this you’re having to up and leave yet another country in search for a happy life and all you can think is nothing will ever get better… […]
Creativity has always been a passion for me, I loved art classes growing up and put a lot of time into learning creative skills! However, upon graduating high school I was unsure of what collegiate emphasis to explore and decided I would go to hair school since it was a combination of several of my […]
Nowadays, having a disrespectful child is common, and seemingly, acceptable. When I tell someone I have two teen daughters at home, they immediately sympathize with me as if it’s a terrible disease that’s slowly killing me. Their impression is that I must be struggling dealing with all of the hormonal changes, eye-rolling, and disrespect. On […]
At first it was your open hand, but then it became your fist. Over and over it was your fist. I couldn’t understand it those nights, those nights where you looked like a monster coming after me again and again. Why weren’t you the same man I met years, ago when your smile and caring […]
I started to panhandle because why not? Everybody is always trying to make the easy money, from the pyramid schemes to the illegal drugs. For me there is nothing easier then standing here with a sign with no education, not being loud or disruptive or nothing but just holding this sign. I can make good […]
Growing up I was always an odd combination of creative and athletic. I am the baby of a fairly large family with my closest brother being six years older than me in age. I am also the only girl. My dad passed away suddenly when I was seven and my mom had to work long […]
Dear 17 year old Me I know things are not going as you wanted them to be. I know you are sad. I know you are lonely. I know you wish that someone was there to to hold your hand and make you feel that everything is going to be okay sooner or later. I […]
