Inspiration | Tyra Garlington

Choose yourself today.

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

It is what it is. Accept it, learn from it, and grow from it. It doesn’t matter what you’ve done; what truly matters is what you do from here. And what you need to remember right now is that you can’t heal yourself in the same exact environment where you got sick. You need to surround yourself with situations and people that push you to heal and grow. Less drama, less mess. Because the truth is, you won’t always be a priority to others—or to the world’s agenda at large—and that’s why you need to be a priority to yourself. Learn……
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Warning: “Don’t Touch the Blossoms!”

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“The effort to bring cherry blossom trees to Washington, D.C., preceded the official planting by several decades. In 1885, Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore returned from her first trip to Japan and approached the U.S. Army Superintendent of the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds with the idea of planting cherry trees along the reclaimed waterfront of the Potomac River. Scidmore, who would go on to become the first female board member of the National Geographic Society, was rebuffed, though she would continue proposing the idea to every Superintendent for the next 24 years. Several cherry trees were brought to the region by individuals in this period, including one that was the location of a……
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It’s Women’s History Month: Celebrate Mary Herrera, an Iraq Shero.

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“Mary Jessie Herrera is from Somerton, a little town near Yuma, Arizona, not far from the Mexican border. A fourth-generation American, Mary always wanted to go into the military. Mary became a sergeant in the Military Police. She looks as if she weighs maybe 100 pounds dripping wet but does not see herself as petite. “I think of myself as a big person,” she said. “I never thought of myself as a female or Hispanic in the military; I was a soldier, period. I carried my own weight. There was nothing girly about me in the military. I don’t like labels.……
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Tuskegee Airmen and the P51Mustang become “Red Tails”

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“The Tuskegee Airmen were the first black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps (AAC), a precursor of the U.S. Air Force. Trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama, they flew more than 15,000 individual sorties in Europe and North Africa during World War II. Their impressive performance earned them more than 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses; and helped encourage the eventual integration of the U.S. armed forces. SEGREGATION IN THE ARMED FORCES During the 1920s and ‘30s, the exploits of record-setting pilots like Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart had captivated the nation, and thousands of young men and women clamored to……
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Saluting those in black history about whom we may say, “Who?”

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“Oh, Miss Scarlett, I don’t know nuthin’ ’bout birthin’ babies”, Gone with the Wind, 1939. Thelma McQueen attended public school in Augusta, Georgia and graduated from high school in Long Island, New York. She studied dance with Katherine Dunham, Geoffrey Holder, and Janet Collins. She danced with the Venezuela Jones Negro Youth Group. The “Butterfly” stage name, which does describe her constantly moving arms, actually derives from dancing the “Butterfly Ballet” in a 1935 production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. Her stage debut was in “Brown Sugar,” directed by George Abbott for whom she did several other stage shows. In 1939 she appeared as the……
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There is a reason February is Black History Month

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Be in the know… “Black History Month or National African American History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U. S. history. The event grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating black history. The story of Black History Month began……
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Let’s get this year started off right!

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

One Simple Question You Should Ask Everyone You Meet -by Marc Chernoff “It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.”—The Invitation by Oriah 7 Billion Stories in the World I don’t care what you do or what you own. I just want to know who you are. I want to know your uniqueness, the experiences you’ve had and the lessons you’ve learned. I want to know your story. What is your story? Everyone has one. And no two stories are exactly……
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Christmas Wish #5 Inspiration

Posted on December 25, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Strongest Dad in the World by Rick Reilly for Sports Illustrated “Eighty-five times Dick Hoyt pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in marathons. Eight times he’s not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars – all in the same day. Dick’s also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken him on his back mountain climbing and once hauled him across the U.S. on a bike. Makes taking your son bowling look a little lame, right? And what has Rick done……
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Christmas Gift #4 You don’t have to be a people pleaser.

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“If you spend your life pleasing others, you spend your life.” ~Cheryl Richardson Looking back on my life, I came to realize that I spent quite a high amount of my precious time trying. Trying to be perfect. Trying to be appreciated and liked by everyone else around me. Trying to fit in with different groups of people so that I could feel accepted and approved. I can recall many situations in my life when I did things I didn’t really want to do to comfort or please others. I wanted people to like me. I expected them to give me the……
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Christmas Gift #3 Honoring Their Legacy

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

My third gift to you this December is good news about seldom know contributions of WW II women pilots. When the U.S. was drawn into World War II, many citizens wanted to do anything they could to support the effort. It would take enormous air power to defeat the enemy in Europe and in the Pacific, and young men were answering the call in droves. Those unable to serve in the military took up the work on the home front, and women were needed to step outside of their traditional roles to fulfill the demand. The world would never be……
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