Talk Talk Talk

 

I was in the supermarket the other day and witnessed a lady curse out her three-year-old daughter like it was a normal thing. The child got scared and ran away from her but then came back and it was all willy nilly again.

I am all for disciplining children. I mean, you have to do what you got to do to get your child to respect and listen to you but it made me think about a few things.

Children walk into a classroom setting and they will curse out their classmates and teachers at such a young age and the teacher will think that because they are reporting it home that their child is using profanity, that it will change things. I can remember hearing kids who can barely formulate a sentence, use curse words like they were sailors; and knowing exactly what they were saying at that. To me that was crazy. You call home to say something. But if the parent does it as a way of communicating in their normal day-to-day, what will really change?  

It was none of my business, I know, but it was so out in the open that it just made me a little sad.

I think about my own upbringing and the first time I ever heard my mom say a curse word was when I was in my forties and I had never been more surprised to even realize she knew them because I never heard her use them. But every family is different.

Back on the writing grind again and I can say I probably wrote about 5,000 words today. The first free write 1000, additional words to the short story book I am gathering together, and a song that I added to my YouTube for Kids Channel entitled “Talk.”

“Talk” is about using your voice to say what you mean and to say it effectively without impatiently yelling, cursing or being rude. It’s about using your voice to speak lovingly when using your voice.

If you are interested, you can check it out at the following link https://youtu.be/k7uq74Fa0Y4?si=MhyyBwWAg3-CfhXi

A Writer Writing

A new month is upon us, and the truth about it is that we have been blessed to see another month. We are well into 2026. Thank God for the January that he brought us through. We survived the frigid temperatures and the days that came to greet us with open arms. 

I am on a new reading challenge that I joined, where I committed to read 100 books this year. I read four this month already and am on my fifth one, ironically, which is a book of inspiration for writers entitled "1000 Words: A Writer's Guide To Staying Creative, Focused, And Productive All Year Round," by Jami Attenberg. 

This book encourages writers to write 1000 words every day, and one of the things I put to paper was an acrostic poem for the February that is about to embrace us:

Frozen days that have not changed since December

Every day seems colder now than I could ever remember

 

But hope stands tall when the new month comes to play

Ready or not, February swings into bat and comes in to stay

 

Under the frigid temperatures that linger in the air is what we ride

A handful of salt we scatter all around us to not slip and to not slide

 

Running to love because God up above saw it fit to keep us and to bless us

Yes to living life as if it were golden and we leave our lives in his hands and trust

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I don't know about you but, I am grateful to have been kept and am beyond grateful for God's grace that got me through January in its entirety 

https://youtube.com/shorts/EfcQ7xedv60?si=TK0CkK5Xqx3Cel0H

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If you liked that poem and are interested in checking out some of my other poetic pieces, please support my creative endeavors by investing in one of my poetry books:

Pulchritudinous: The Poetry Collection

https://a.co/d/6bRnrY3

And Then There Was the Music

https://a.co/d/iiPTpq2

Songs For My Mother

https://a.co/d/40AE8Wo

Songs for My Father

https://a.co/d/fAciQp0

New Year Mindset: Live For Today

Yesterday is a figment of the past. Today is here. Tomorrow is on the way.

Fresh pain that fills your heart from yesterday should be hung up with a pin like laundry on a line. The long journey ahead requires a light load.

No more starving yourself of love and forgiveness.

Feed your spirit with things that give you positive energy. Stop reflecting upon the could’ves, should’ves, would’ves that stay crammed up in your mind. Focus on the cosmic whirlwind of today and be totally present in the now moment. Don’t just tolerate the wind. Flutter and conquer it like the royal being that you are.

Enter into this new week with acceptance of who you are. You are not your mess. You are not a mistake. You are bigger than your falls. Your mistakes do not define you. You are better than your yesterday. Stop letting your past dismantle your spirit. Stop allowing others to dictate how you feel about life.

You are more than enough. You are blessed and highly favored. You are loved by a God who adores you. He molded you uniquely and wonderfully. You amass a whole lot of power. You are worthy of love. Your smile affects people.

Soooooooooo…

Glow up today!

Level up today!

Show up today!

Warrior up; because this fight is your life and you are more than enough…

More Than Enough Short on YouTube

Feel the Vibe of the New Year

 Tip for 2026: Enjoy the Music

It is a new year. A new set of 52 weeks. Don’t let the New Year’s Eve ball drop into 2027 without dipping your toes in 2026.

Feel it.  Let the ubiquitous appeal of it take over. Lean into it like it is your favorite song. Groove to its rhythm. Experience it. Embrace every miniscule bit of it.

Enjoy it. Let your spirit guide you to the smile to keep that joy vibrantly pulsating through your body.  

Feel the rhythm of the unique fusion of this new year. Find your smorgasbord of influence and stick to it. Let it splash over you like the waterfalls of Saut D’eau, Haiti. Submerge yourself into each day with fresh authenticity.

Feel the vibe of every single moment of these next 365 days like the morning alarm. And make sure you stay prayed up in the stretch of your every day as God carries you through each minute that comes embedded in it.

Hope that you are wooed by it and that this year sets your soul aflame to make it your most explosive year ever. I pray that your song and dance gets you relevéeing successfully as you progress forward through the year. May your 2026 be as refreshing as Negroni Sparkling Wine; but don’t get too drunk because I’ll be navigating through it too. Lml. 

Enjoy and be blessed!

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As I continue to share parts of my identity and grow into the new year, here is an aspect of a musical atmosphere I was blessed to be in with the wonderful guitarist John Smith, drummer Camille Gainor, and Keyboardist James Preston at the Red Rooster Restaurant and lounge in Harlem, NY.  They are consummate professionals and the music they shared swelled in the air like a bird in the sky. They made it easy and fun to join in and sing with them. So thankful for that. 

I hope that you feel the strophe of each line as I did. Here is the link:

https://youtube.com/shorts/zNhBaYEBSpg?si=4_4bCysOXOCuJIRr

Happy 2026

 It is 2026. 

As the new year approached, I was dancing gently in the cold breeze with my black and metallic gold dress on fluttering in the wind, as the ball dropped and everyone screamed “Happy New Year.” The energy that was radiated at that moment was calm and serene. I snapped some pictures, recorded some videos, and made memories that will last for a lifetime. It became abundantly clear that 2025 was no longer a thing and that the new set of 365 days was upon us.  

A whole new avenue of possibilities is here. I know the new year just started but I am looking forward to seeing how it opens up like a flower in blossom. I’m sparkling with excitement for new music and writing projects. I won’t get all sapped and sentimental about it yet but, I look forward to letting it shine like a beacon of hope when these projects are ready.

What I will say is that I have plunged into writing wholeheartedly lately. I have always been a poet and I write songs but lately, I have put more of my efforts and time into weaving in stories that are significant to my cultural heritage from threads of mine and my family’s memories and stories. This year I am going all in.

As for now, here are some of my writing projects that were previously published in 2025:

 

Winter Jass: Jass Magazine

Features various articles, stories, poetry and a comic strip entitled Jass by Stephanie Jeannot

https://a.co/d/31P8rJd

 

Storming the Page: Soul Aerobics

A book of writing prompts to ignite the writer in you to put more words down on paper by Stephanie Jeannot

https://a.co/d/2LlVjN9

 

Sunsets 2026: 2026 Calendar and Plan Book

A calendar book with calendar, writing lines for memo writing, birthdays, important phone numbers, and photographic images of various sunsets captured by Stephanie Jeannot

https://a.co/d/iy0APo2

 

Jazz Toons: Lena Horne

A comic book about the life of Lena Horne. Sketches and story line are by Stephanie Jeannot

https://a.co/d/4YHn07N

 

If you are interested, please click on the link and support my writing endeavors.

Thank you for your time. Look forward to communing with you in this 2026 year.

Peace and blessings!

Stephanie Jeannot

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Showing My Gratitude

One of the reasons I get up early in the morning with a genuine smile on my face is because of you. 

I feel the most at peace when I am dabbling into my purpose because it feels good doing the things that I do that make me come alive. Today I want to stop to focus on the positive aspects of my artistic grind.

Your support is worth all the love in the world and I am grateful for you being kind and lovely. You taking the time to veer your attention my way feels magical; almost as if I am a queen and that's more than royal in my opinion. 

Thank you for being my peaceful idyll. I appreciate you. I feed off your light. You keep my belief in my works and talent in motion. You are a treasure to me and I appreciate you 100-fold. Thank you.

New projects coming soon and I can't wait to share them with you in the near future. But for now, I am constantly updating my YouTube channel and adding more and more videos. I will admit, I have been digging the shorts and reels thing and been adding more and more of them lately. I also update my IG and FB pages regularly where I post flyers for upcoming shows, video footage from live performances and etc. If you feel led in any way, you can check them out, like, follow. Here are the links:

http://youtube.com/stephaniejeannot

http://instagram.com/jnotemusic

http://facebook.com/jnotemusic

Once again, I want to thank you for your time and for your love. May God's blessings continue to fall fresh over your loves. 

Stephanie Jeannot

Poettues: The Potency of Music

Poettues: The Potency of Music

I get intoxicated when I hear a good song come on the radio.

I'm a lush for moving to the beat of a groove when I hear it flow. 

I get tipsy when the melody is rocking and it makes me want to dance

Music in my opinion is like potent love that makes you shake your fancy pants. 

Intoxicated by my Love for Dancing

Click on link to see associated video

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If you dug my poem, I have an entire book of Music Poetry entitled: 

And Then There Was the Music

by Stephanie Jeannot

Click Here to Check it Out on Amazon