The world witnessed the second inauguration of President Barack Obama, and whatever your political beliefs are the one critical piece of information I took away from President Obama was that we can’t do anything alone. We were never designed to tackle anything by ourselves. People come in and out of our lives to sometimes help us get to our next step in life and others come to teach us lessons. This year I resolve to become more open to the fact that I can’t do everything by myself and it’s okay to either ask for help or accept that someone else is more qualified and or a bit more capable than I to complete a task. Contributing writing Ruksana Hussain helps us once and for all reach our resolutions in 10 easy steps on page 32. Although not a part of my resolution for 2012, on Christmas I found out I’m having my third child and I’m
excited. I’m feeling blessed to have been chosen to be the mommy to this baby. I always admire women like myself who seemingly appear as a modern day superwoman and I’m always curious on how they do it all--or maybe not. Contributing writer Bernetta Knighten takes us behind the brands of a couple of pretty (pun intended) amazing women, on page 34, who give us a sneak peek of their budding empires. In addition to learning about superwomen, I love the stories of my supermen too. I had an awesome experience interviewing Marlon Wayans, and he has a hysterically raunchy movie out so you’ll want to check out that exclusive interview on page 22. I hope you’ll enjoy this issue, it’s filled with lots of great content! Be sure to tell me what you think about this issue by emailing me or sending me a tweet! I’ll tweet you back! Can’t wait to hear from you! Enjoy.- Tiffini Gatlin
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