Day 15 "Difficult People" #dailygratitude

"Dealing with difficult people can make anyone easily frustrated and annoyed. However, I am learning to have more patience be more generous and kind, and for that I am truly grateful." #dailygratitude #savorthemoments

Day 14 "Privilege" #dailygratitude

"It has not been an easy life for me or for most of you reading this message however it's a privilege to be alive" #dailygratitude #savorthemoments

Day 13 "Death" #dailygratitude

"The one thing we all have in common is that we'll all die one day. Let's make the most of being alive and be grateful for the lives that we have lived" #robinwilliams #michaelbrown #dailygratitude #savorthemoments

Day 12 "Sleep" #dailygratitude

Day 12 "Sleep" "I may not get the sleep that I want, however I'm grateful that I have been able to accomplish the things that I have accomplished"

#dailygratitude #savorthemoments #publishedauthor #writer #poet #father #husband #professor 

Day 11 "Ambition" #dailygratitude

"Late nights, early mornings and I am often misunderstood, however I am grateful for my driven and ambitious personality"  

#dailygratitude #savorthemoments

Day 9 "Weather" and Day 10 "Cooking" #dailygratitude

The sun can a bit to hot and bright. Thunderstorms can be dangerous, however I am grateful to have shelter from both the hot sun and dangerous storms. 

#dailygratitude #savorthemoments #weather 

I don't always the ingredients I want to cook with, however I am grateful there is food to cook"

#dailygratitude #savorthemoments #cooking

Day 8 "Pain" #dailygratitude

My right leg is in pain right now from a either a bump or a bite from a bug, however I am grateful that I am still have my legs and can walk 

#dailygratitude #savorthemoments 

Day 7 "Criticism" #dailygratitude

Criticism can be tough. However, it's proves to me that our work has an impact on people, and for that I'm grateful. 

What are you grateful for? #dailygratitude #savorthemoments 

What's your view on criticism?  

Day 6 "Stress" #dailygratitude

When things are going poorly and they do sometimes in droves, I think about the positive things in my life that far outweigh the negative things and I am truly grateful for them.

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Day 5 "Sick" #dailygratitude

"I don't like getting sick, however I'm grateful to have access to basic medicine." 

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Day 4 "Parents" #dailygratitude

"I have parents that were the strictest growing up, however today I am grateful for the spirits of compassion, discipline, drive and ambition that has made me successful in many aspects of my life. I am passing those same priceless values onto the next generation." 

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Day 3 "Siblings" #dailygratitude

"I may talk to my brother and sisters everyday, however I am grateful that I have them." 

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Day 2 "Salary" #dailygratitude

"I don't have the salary that I want however, I am grateful for the income that I have

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Day 1 "Waking Up Early" #dailygratitude

"I don't like waking up early in the morning however, I am grateful to be alive"

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31 Days of Gratitude

Hey everyone,

I know we all have daily challenges that we go through, however in the midst of those difficult times we all have all something or someone to grateful for. I challenge you and myself starting August 1 through August 31 share and acknowledge one of the perceived challenges along with what you are grateful for and share it.  

One example for me would be

"I may not be the best cook in the world however I am grateful that my children never go to bed hungry #dailygratitude#savorthemoments"  

Let share this attitude of gratitude and see how fortunate we really are. We all may not have what we want but most of us have what we need and then some. We face challenges each and every day, how do we allow them to affect our lives Be grateful and savor the moments. 

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A literary celebration for kids in Mt. Airy

"Starting in the morning, Roxborough resident and author Yanatha Desouvre along with his daughter, Reanna, talked about the children’s book they made together about the relationship between sisters."

After finishing up their set of rehearsed music, the musicians of Broadway Rox Philly crowded around the music sheet to sing from a book of kid songs they had lying around.

The small group was partaking in a literary-themed mini-festival at the Big Blue Marble Bookstore in Mt. Airy. The all-day event had various authors speaking and intermediate mini-concerts by the local musical group.

They performed songs from movies like "Aladdin" to the more recent "Frozen." One of the group’s founders, Ryan Tygh, said this was a new genre and crowd for them, having typically performed for adults.

“It’s kind of like rehearsal but more fun,” Tygh said.

Starting in the morning, Roxborough resident and author Yanatha Desouvre along with his daughter, Reanna, talked about the children’s book they made together about the relationship between sisters.

Author Jennifer Hansen later showed how the paintings in her children’s book were modeled off of her daughter’s facial expressions.

The author team, D.B Wales, concluded the day by discussing their fantasy book titled “Annwyn and the Owl King."

57th Grammy Awards Entry Process Journey Blog # 2

Hello everybody,

And the nominees are... recently I entered Savor the Moments  for the GRAMMY award ballot process.  To not violate my member with The Recording Academy - Philadelphia Chapter I can't tell you what those categories are however with Savor the Moments, I've been fortunate to use the art of spoken word, in an urban setting, during this new age, making it a great alternative album this year to listen to. I've had the best engineer and producer who worked on the album.  Kindly comment  below on what categories you hope to see Savor the Moments in

Guess which category would Savor the Moments fit best for the Grammy balloting process. If you haven't heard the album yet do so here www.cdbaby.com/yanathadesouvre2. 

The categories are no longer posted because I just realized it is a violation of my membership read the Note* below. However this does not stop you from guessing or commenting on which category you would like to see Savor the Moments be nominated in. 

Go to http://www.grammy.com/nominees to see the categories and winners from the 56th Grammy Awards.

Sharing this link www.cdbaby.com/yanathadesouvre2 with your friends and family download the album, view the trailer on youtube here let make the message of hope that Savor the Moments brings viral.

Looking forward to your comments

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category, field and balloting numbers. 

Violation of any of these guidelines may result in disqualification of entries. Any Member who violates or encourages others to violate these guidelines may be subject to sanctions by the Board of Trustees of The Recording Academy, including termination of membership

Father writes book with unlikely author By Bobbi Booker The Philadelphia Tribune

Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Yanatha Desouvre is a bestselling author whose first name is Hebrew for “Moses” and his last, French for “river.” As the middle child of five, Desouvre grew up in Brooklyn and Philadelphia and learned early on the value of education. Today, he is a father of two daughters, and is expecting a third child this summer. His wife and him have decided to now know their latest child’s gender until birth.

It was the birth of the couple’s second daughter — and the hundreds of pictures they took — that spurred the idea of a children’s book written from an older sibling’s perspective. With just a few words, four-and-a-half-year-old authoress Reanna Desouvre expressed the deep love that is felt between sisters in her first book entitled, “Big Sister, Little Sister” (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, $9.99).

“Big Sister, Little Sister” came about from December 2011 to March 2013, when I was compiling a bunch of pictures. I was sitting on my MacBook Pro, Reanna was sitting with me and with each picture she dictated the story,” said Desouvre. “From the first picture at birth to a day in the park, I type out everything she told me. And, it was fun.”

The author’s efforts for children’s literacy is further encouraged by LeVar Burton’s current Kickstarter campaign to bring Reading Rainbow’s expansive digital library to schools for free. Like Burton, Desourve hopes to help more children embrace the power of books, as 1 in 4 children in America grow up without learning how to read.

“My parents were always about education, both formal and informal education in Haiti and the United States,” he said. “My grandfather told my mother that education is something that can never, ever be taken away from you. Money can be taken away from you, but knowledge and information cannot be taken away at all. One of the things that we did with (our oldest child) Reanna was started in a Montessori program because everything is a teachable moment and reenforces what we teach at home.”

In addition to his constant writing and continued studies, Desouvre is a seasoned IT professional who has created several successful mobile apps for iOS devices such as the iPad, iPhone and iPod touches app and Android devices. They are: “Pre-K Math,” “Proud to be Haitian,” “Proud to be Jewish,” “Kids Eat Free HD,” “Pocket Poetry” and “i love my dog.”

Last year, Desouvre was part of WURD Summer of Freedom Tour 2013 and earlier performed at the World Cafe Live in Saul Williams “Chorus” Spoken Word World Tour in September 2012. His theme of “Positively Impacting Your Life by Empowering Others” was the core message in his National Poetry Month Workshop tour at The West Palm Beach, Delray Beach and Boynton Beach City Libraries in 2011, and he recently hosted the Poet Cafe workshop for the West Palm Beach Library community to participate in the end of the Adult Summer Reading Program. In the past three years he’s been hand selected to perform at three major Spoken Word Poetry Showcases that featured the best Spoken Word Poets of Florida. He’s also the co-executive producer of the album that successfully blends hip-hop, rock, R&B, soul and the art of spoken word poetry entitled “JuSill Presents: Street Poetry hosted by Cierra the Midday Goddess” available through the Apple iTunes store.

For more information, visit www.yanatha.com.

Contact Tribune Staff Writer Bobbi Booker at (215) 893-5749 or bbooker@phillytrib.com.

About Savor the Moments: Inspired by True Stories

“In Yanatha Desouvre’s Savor the Moments, “Goodman’s gift, which is also the author’s, is his ability to be uplifting … his hopefulness is undeniably contagious; his empathy is admirable; his interest in the ordinary is extraordinary.”

(from the foreword by best-selling author and historian Robert Watson, Ph.D.)

            We face obstacles each and every day, but the question is—how do we allow these challenges to affect our lives? In this collection of 11 timeless short stories, we meet Grayson Goodman, a traveling businessman, who encounters people dealing with challenging situations in life that are no different than our own. Discover how they cope with the unexpectedly difficult circumstances they face and how Goodman touches their lives with words that ring with simple, honest clarity.

             Goodman introduces us to an executive in Miami, Fla., facing difficult economic times and yet striving to keep her company intact; a world-renowned, frustrated artist in Cayenne, French Guiana, whose music is leaked to the public before his album was completed; a young mother of four in Philadelphia, Pa., who lost her husband in the war, and many others. As we share in his conversations, we travel with Goodman on his warm-hearted and inspiring journey to different establishments throughout the world as he searches to find the answers to the difficult questions we all face. Savor the Moments: Inspired by True Stories includes stories about love, loss, compassion, and, ultimately, the most powerful force in all of our lives—hope.

            Best-selling author and poet Yanatha Desouvre continues to bring us the intensely personal stories with universal life themes that he’s provided in Walk Through this Journey: Volume One; Walk Through this Journey Volume Two: The Next Step Forward; A Family Affair and Big Sister, Little Sister. Now, in his most emotionally powerful collection of stories yet, Desouvre takes us around the world with engaging short stories that encourage us all to … Savor the Moments.

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Live your life to the fullest with Desouvre’s Savor the Moments

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**

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Live your life to the fullest with Desouvre’s Savor the Moments

Desouvre’s engaging and empowering work encourages us to be the best we can be

PHILADELPHIA, PA. – We all face obstacles everyday. How do these challenges affect our lives? Grayson Goodman, a traveling businessman encounters individuals dealing with challenging situations that are no different than our own. Poet and best selling author Yanatha Desouvre address these questions in his latest book “Savor the Moments: Inspired by True Stories” a collection of 11 thought provoking short stories that encourages us all to be the best that we can be through the global voyages of Grayson Goodman.  Savor the Moments is now available as e-book on Amazon.com and audiobook on iTunes.

Grayson Goodman is a traveling businessman who goes from Philadelphia, PA to London, England conversing with people from all walks of life to an engineer who writers screenplays at night, a stay at home mom who has a home base business and the president of a pharmaceutical company going through hard times. Grayson’s calming and inviting demeanor makes everyone he meets to want to share his or her life stories with him.  In excerpts of the book: Grayson, “Proposes a toast to new found hope”, to an executive in Miami Beach, Florida who is going through a financial crisis and then tells an aspiring entrepreneur in Boston, Massachusetts that, “Strength is developed when you push through resistance.”  

As the best selling author Robert Watson Ph.D. says his in foreword of ‘Savor the Moments, “Goodman’s gift, which is also the author’s, is his ability to be uplifting. Whether he offers his companion a pep talk or simply an “ear,” his hopefulness is undeniably contagious; his empathy is admirable; his interest in the ordinary is extraordinary. Desouvre is urging his readers to look for lessons where one least expects to find them and to see every experience and problem as an opportunity for growth.”

Yanatha Desouvre, a seasoned IT professional, was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Philadelphia, P.A. He resides with his wife and two beautiful children in Philadelphia, P.A. He is currently pursuing his Ed.D in higher education at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his MBA in Marketing and Mass Communication and Media Management at Lynn University in June 2010, and a Bachelor’s Degree in MIS and Marketing at Drexel University in 2001. Desouvre has created several successful mobile apps for iOS devices and Android devices, including: “Pre-K Math,” “Proud to be Haitian,” “Proud to be Jewish,” “Kids Eat Free HD,” “Pocket Poetry,” “i Love My Dog.” “Proud Jamaican”

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