IBOGIRL LIVING

Charles Da-Silva is an American businessman who is adding the title of author to his resume having been able to turn his life around through self evaluation. A practice that has seen his life experience many successes in his businesses and personally and now he has written his first book titled The Unknown, which is the first of a 14 part series of The Self Evaluation: A Decision Series where he shares the secrets he discovered that helped move him from living an average life to one that has become rich in relationships and knowledge. He not only allowed me edit the soon to be released revised edition of the book, but was gracious enough to let me interview him for the blog today. Enjoy:

Modern and contemporary media is riddled with all sorts of 'advice' and 'insight' on why a man or woman in their 30s is still single or why being single at this age is either a wonderful opportunity to discover and fall in love with your real, authentic self or is the best thing ever for you. They give us lists of all the things we are able to do because we are single that we couldn't freely do if we were coupled up. The magazines try to convince us that we are so much more mature in our 30s and so therefore now know what exactly it is that we want from a romantic relationship. The bombardment of music video lyrics and images confuse us by telling us one minute how wonderful it feels to finally be in love with a real man/woman and the next minute telling us they don't need anyone because they are happy and busy doing 'them'. The movies are no better because there is always some type of love story intermixed within the plot no matter what genre of film

We have already identified that Sickle Cell Disease is an inherited blood disorder that is present at birth, meaning that it is passed down through a parent's genes. Children are at a higher risk of getting SCD if both parents are carriers and having family history of sickle cell increases a child's risk for the disease. Children who have the disease start to display symptoms early on in life from between 5 months to 1 year; these may vary and could be either mild or severe. Symptoms include:  a) Pain Crisis, b) Jaundice, c) Anaemia, d) Acute Chest Syndrome, e) Pooling (Enlarged Spleen). Because SCD causes complications and can affect major organs in both boys and girls, it is important to understand and identify the various issues they deal with so that we as parents and family are prepared and can learn how to care for them. Having said that, Sickle Cell Disease manifests itself in many ways that affect both boys and girls in the same way; for instance both sexes can