Halloween and The American Horror Story Election: We Are Caught In The Middle of a Fun Holiday and a Terrible Election

I was going to talk about how my family is divided between Halloween and the election.  I was going to say that Mom & Faith are focused on our party.  Joy is focused on making the best contacts for us and of course I am focused mainly on saving our country from the reality show American Horror Story: Election.  Mom and Faith just walked into the house and guess what? They had a two hour "discussion" with a Trump supporter.  Faith is vowing to not go out again unless absolutely necessary.  For her, running into another Trump supporter would be a real nightmare.  And there you have it, even mom (Glenda the Good) and Faith Hope, who have been the only two fighting to enjoy Halloween got pulled into this horror story today.

We have an election with a p**sy groping hand, claims that the Central Park 5 aren't innocent (even though they are), Putin digging around in American politics, and racism becoming mainstream! It is a nightmare and for a while mom and Faith did their best to keep this election in the far background of their lives.  We are all voting for Clinton.  We all watch the debates.  I unfortunately spend almost every moment online and watching CNN and MSNBC.  Don't get me wrong Halloween is like my favorite holiday.  My ringtone used to be the theme song from the movie Halloween.  I really wish I could relax and enjoy this time but I can't.  I am worried about my beloved country.  We are a proud melting pot with many beautiful holidays and traditions including Halloween.  We are a divided family because we can't agree on how we need to spend our time.  We are all voting but I feel we need to do more than that.  The rest of My Royal Family 4 would like spend more time enjoying this beautiful Fall weather, of course they can't really because the election is everywhere and they are very concerned.

I want to have a good time but the election is literally ruining what would normally be great moments.  When the four of us go out to a bar we hear awful things from these Trump supporters.  When we watch the debates we scream at the TV because of the ridiculous, racist, sexist and just plain wrong things that Trump says.  We are even disagreeing on how to respond to this living nightmare.  I say we vote early and go to a battleground state on election day.  Mom says we should vote and just live our lives.  Mom and I had a major argument.  She raised all of us to be active in defending our rights as women and as black women.  I know that our energy will help get at least one person to vote that may have skipped the polls. I think we should be in a battleground state on election day.  Joy and Faith are remaining neutral.  They both think our energy needs to focus on our businesses but they also want to be part of the festivities election day.

Tomorrow is the last debate.  I had planned to have a party but after the last debate I am afraid.  We will watch but we may not invite people over.  Then again we may.  We throw last minute parties all the time.  The first debate Faith made Korean food.  The second debate we went to Clinton's Louisville, KY headquarters.  Tomorrow we will stay home.  I think the theme should be comfort food.  We need some comfort right now.  I intend to vote this Friday.  I intend to be in a battleground state on Nov. 8, 2016.  I must admit I am tired of it all.  This Saturday Halloween will have my focus. I will try my best to make sure the rest of the 4 feel great and energized.  I will do my best to make this nightmare of an election our best HALLOWEEN EVER!  I don't know how but it starts right after the last debate and I can't wait.  If I get Joy, Mom and Faith really happy maybe they will help me on Nov. 8th. I'm not asking them to work all day, just maybe 2 hours and then we'll explore the city.  Maybe spread some early Holiday cheer.  I added a poll asking what city we should visit, please vote.  It will help me persuade them.

Click here to tell us which Battleground city is more fun and needs our help November 8th!

Throwback Thursday

Glenda Yascone Christmas
Glenda The Golden/ Glenda The Good

Love Joy & Faith with Billboard's Michael Paoletta

Okay so it has been awhile since I've posted.  The four of us have been busy this 2016.  Love Joy & Faith are getting it together and when we work with mom we become the "4".  You know My Royal Family 4: our mom (Glenda) with her daughters Love Joy & Faith.  We love working with each other but lately the business side has taken over.  We of course need balance; we are artist first after all.  So I wanted to take a look back.  I wanted to remind all of us who we really are and where we came from.  We are not just

mother and her daughters.  We are Love Joy & Faith the sisters who act and sing together.  Mom is not just our mom.  Mom is Glenda The Good, Glenda The Golden.  What better day to remind us than Thursday.  You know Throwback Thursday.  Okay so some of these are pics don’t go way back but some of them do cause my mama was hot!!!!

PS I have included translations for Korean, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese.  Scroll down pass the translations to see even more pictures.  I apologize but I only know a little of each language and as I get better I will no longer need google.

Beauty Queen Joy Yascone with
Glenda Yascone and Faith

PS Mi incluido traducciones para coreano, español, chino y japonés. Desplazarse hacia abajo comunicar las traducciones ver aún más fotos. Me disculpo, pero yo sólo sé un poco de cada lengua y como me recupere ya no voy a tener Google.

PS 나는 한국어, 스페인어, 중국어, 일본어 번역을 포함했다. 아래로 스크롤하여 더 많은 사진을 볼 수있는 번역을 전달합니다. 나는 사과하지만 각 언어의 조금 알고 내가 먹을수록 더 나는 더 이상 구글하지 않아도됩니다.

PS我已經包括了韓語，西班牙語，中國和日本翻譯。向下滾動通過翻譯來看到更多的圖片。我很抱歉，但我只知道一點點每種語言，當我變得更好，我將不再需要谷歌。

PS私は韓国語、スペイン語、中国語、日本語の翻訳が含まれています。下にスクロールしてさらに多くの写真を見て翻訳を渡します。私は謝るが、私は、各言語のほとんどを知っていると私が得るとして、より良い私はもはやグーグルない必要がありま

Joy Yascone and Faith Yascone
Red Bank, New Jersey Days

Me disculpo por la traducción
Bueno por lo que ha sido un tiempo desde que he publicado. Los cuatro de nosotros hemos estado muy ocupados este 2016. El amor de la alegría y la fe son cada vez más juntos y cuando trabajamos con la madre que se convierten en el "4". Ya sabes Mi Familia Real 4: nuestra madre (Glenda) con sus hijas y la alegría del amor de la fe. Nos encanta trabajar con los demás pero últimamente la parte empresarial ha tomado el relevo. Nosotros, por supuesto, necesitamos equilibrio; somos artista primera después de todo. Así que quería echar un vistazo atrás. Quería recordar a todos los que realmente somos y de dónde venimos. No somos sólo

madre y sus hijas. Somos la alegría del amor de la fe y las hermanas que actúan y cantan juntos. Mamá no es sólo nuestra madre. Mamá es Glenda The Good, The Golden Glenda. ¿Qué mejor día para recordarnos que el jueves. Ya sabes retroceso del jueves. Bueno por lo que algunos de estos son las fotografías no van camino de regreso pero algunos de ellos causan mi mamá estaba caliente !!!!

Love Yascone
I get it from my mama Glenda The Golden

나는 번역을 드려 죄송합니다내가 게시 한 이후 좋아요 그래서 그것은 잠시였다. 우리의 네 바빴다이 2016 년 사랑의 기쁨 & 믿음은 그것을 함께 점점 우리가 엄마와 함께 작업 할 때 우리는 "4"가된다. 알다시피 내 왕실 4 : 그녀의 딸 사랑 기쁨 & 믿음과 우리의 엄마 (글렌). 우리는 서로하지만 최근 비즈니스 측면이 점령 한 작업을 좋아합니다. 물론 우리는 균형이 필요합니다; 우리는 먼저 결국 작가이다. 그래서 나는 다시 살펴보고 싶었다. 나는 우리가 정말 우리 모두를 생각 나게하고 싶었 어디 우리는에서왔다. 우리는하지 않습니다

어머니와 그녀의 딸. 우리는 행동하고 함께 노래 자매 사랑의 기쁨 & 믿음입니다. 엄마는 우리 엄마가 아닙니다. 엄마는 글렌 좋은, 글렌 골든이다. 무엇보다 날은 목요일보다 우리를 생각 나게합니다. 당신은 후퇴 목요일 알고있다. 좋아, 그래서 이들 중 일부는 사진이 방식으로 되돌아 가게하지 않지만 그들 중 일부는 내 엄마가 뜨거웠다 야기 할 수 있습니다 !!!!

Love Joy & Faith Red Carpet
Left to Right (Joy Yascone, Love Yascone & Faith Hope Yascone)

我的翻譯道歉
好了，所以它已經一段時間，因為我已經張貼。我們四個人一直在忙這個2016年愛喜＆信念一起得到它，當我們與媽媽的工作，我們成為“4”。你知道我的皇室4：我們的媽媽（格倫達）與她的女兒愛喜＆信念。我們彼此相愛，但最近在商業方面已接管工作。當然，我們需要平衡;我們是藝術家首次畢竟。所以我想看看回去。我想提醒大家的我們究竟是誰和我們從哪裡來。我們不只是
母親和她的女兒。我們的愛與喜悅誰的信仰和行動一起唱歌的姐妹。媽媽不僅是我們的媽媽。媽媽格倫達的好，格倫達黃金。有什麼更好的日子提醒我們比週四。你知道返祖週四。好了，其中有些是圖片不走回來的路上，但他們中的一些引起我的媽媽是熱!!!!

私は翻訳のために謝罪します
私が投稿したのでわかりましたので、それはしばらくしています。私たちの4人は忙しかったこの2016年ラブジョイ＆信仰はそれを一緒に取得していると我々はママで作業するとき、私たちは「4」となります。あなたが知っている私の王室4：娘ラブジョイ＆信仰と私たちのお母さん（グレンダ）。私たちはお互いが、最近のビジネス側が引き継がれていると協力が大好きです。もちろん、我々はバランスを必要とします。我々は最初の後に、すべてのアーティストです。だから私は戻って見てみたかったです。私たちは本当にある人たちのすべてを思い出させるしたかったし、どこから来ました。私達はちょうどではありません
母と娘。私たちは行動し、一緒に歌う姉妹愛ジョイ＆フェイスです。お母さんはちょうど私たちの母親ではありません。ママはグレンダザ・グッド、グレンダゴールデンです。何より良い日は、木曜日よりも私たちを思い出させます。あなたは先祖返り木曜日知っています。わかりましたので、これらのいくつかは、写真が道戻っていませんが、それらのいくつかは私のママは暑かった原因んです!!!!

Love Joy & Faith Red Carpet
Left to Right (Joy Yascone, Love Yascone & Faith Hope Yascone)

Love Joy & Faith
with Mother- Glenda The Good/ The Golden
and Agent Judy Savage 

Love Yascone
Tambourines To Glory
St. Louis Black Rep

Love Yascone

Glenda Yascone
Glenda The Golden Glenda The Good

Glenda The Golden
Glenda Yascone

Love Yascone

Glenda Yascone's Graduation Day
Glenda The Golden
Glenda The Good

Love Yascone

Love Yascone

Glenda Yascone (wearing white) with her Chicago Family
Glenda The Golden
Glenda The Good

Faith Hope Yascone and Love Yascone
LA Project
Love plays Biddy Mason and her little sisters mother lol
Joy was also in this Los Angeles play as the Older version of Biddy Mason
FYI Joy and Love are born in the same year 8.5 months apart

Faith Hope Yascone
Time Square

Faith Hope Yascone
Brazil

Faith Hope Yascone

Joy Yascone

Joy Yascone

Joy Yascone
Yes Joy Plays Beautifully 

Crystal McGuffey and Glenda Yascone
Sisters

Raymond Brown with Wanda Akin
Love Joy & Faith's Aunt and Uncle
Glenda The Golden's sister and brother-in-law
Yes one day we will catch you Aunt Wanda

Call It A Work Christmas

The 4 have had a very odd year this year and yet it was not so odd.  It was full of ups and downs, arguments and fights followed by impossible achievements.  This Christmas like this year was very odd.  On paper we had the best Christmas ever!!! It was filled with evening gowns, 100% silk linens and major property acquisitions.  There were no real major fights during the Holidays and we had a beautiful Christmas tree.  We even have great pictures of the four of us together.  On paper everything was perfect.  In the years to come that is how I hope to remember everything.  Off paper was something the world doesn't see.  Everything we did, every present we gave each other, every picture we took, was part of our working Christmas.  Yes, even on Christmas Day, we worked.

The Gifts

We each purchased beautiful dresses for each other.  They look beautiful and we look beautiful in them but every dress we bought was for an ad campaign.  We didn't pick the dresses because we wanted them.  We picked the dresses because we needed them.  Do we love Ralph Lauren? Yes. Would we have made different purchases if these were actual gifts? Yes.  We were so under pressure the entire month of December that we didn't give ourselves a chance to even think.  We each got at least 5-8 great gowns and dresses.  If it were a holiday shopping spree it would have been a fun one.  We would have enjoyed ourselves.  Perspective is everything.  We were panicked.  We wanted a certain look so we didn't go for what we wanted for Christmas.  I look at the rack of clothes in our "war room" and they really are amazing but I can't say they were gifts because they weren't.  If I could do the moment again I would remove the pressure we felt to get things done.  I would have noticed sooner that I am in a store with my beautiful mother and my two beautiful sisters shopping for dresses.  Next year and the years to follow will be working Christmases, too.  I know this because of the type of work we do but I am going to have to learn to change my perspective.  A woman in the grocery store was talking to her sister on the phone.  I over heard her ask her sister if she wanted to go dress shopping.  It was only then that I realized that I had that moment with my sisters already and I missed it! When family works together it is hard sometimes.  We are entertainers, event planners and we host guest from around the world.  Entertainers never take off for holidays, hospitality never takes off for Holidays.  Technically we did not give each other gifts, but we can think of what we did purchase this year as a working gift.

I did however buy silk for each of us.  I had been meaning to for years but silk, even on sale, even with a coupon, is expensive.  I spent well over $300.00.  I think it was closer to $500.00.  I should know but I am trying to avoid becoming depressed.  So why did I buy silk now? It wasn't for Christmas, although my purchase arrived just before Christmas Eve.  I bought it because I am trying my best to avoid a major problem with our hair.  Yea, I know just get a regular satin pillow case and hair cap.  I tried that.  I have used that for years.  Silk is better.  Satin served me well but it was not enough.  Satin keeps hair healthy but it doesn't protect as well as silk.  Oh and just so you know satin is the type of weave of the fabric it is not fabric.  Satin can be any fabric including silk.  I also learned that real silk is sold by the weight not thread count.  Well, to get back to the topic.  Something really bad happened that I don't want to talk about, but the silk was all I could do to help the situation.  I one day I will have the money to get them piles and piles of silk for fun.

The property we bought is a historic building.  It is a building everyone notices when you drive by and we will make it a place people won't forget.  We closed on this building in December which is a great Christmas present for all of us but...this was a lot of work.  Several months of stress and more to come.  Still this was the best moment we had this Holiday Season.  Maybe by New Year's Eve we will take a moment and really celebrate.  Again perspective is everything.   We need to take just 30 minutes and say wow.  Instead we are busy renovating the building and booking guest at our properties and burning the candle at both ends.  I want the 4 to see that they are not just working, but achieving great things.  I just need them to take in that this is Christmas and though everything we did this year was for work, it is still pretty cool.

Work

We tried to attend family events this year.  Last year I did not attend Christmas dinner and missed most of the Holiday Season.  This year I really wanted to try and be there with everyone for Christmas.  I was looking forward to Aunt Kim's Charity Party.  I missed it.  I wanted to be on time for Aunt Crystal's Christmas dinner.  We were 2 hours late.  I knew Aunt Kim's party was going to be amazing.  I was still searching for dresses with Mom and my sisters for our company ad at 9:00 PM the evening of my Aunt's Party.  I looked like a haggard hobo not a woman looking for dresses for work.  I remembered looking at my phone and saying I'm not going to make it.  Being creative while collaborating with 3 other women takes time.  The pics to Aunt Kim's event were amazing.  We were also late for Christmas dinner.  Why? Because we had someone book our property on Christmas Day.  Our guest arrived in Louisville on Christmas and found they had nowhere to stay.  Since we just purchased a new building this was a much needed booking.  Mom and Faith worked hard to settle our guest in one of our places.  In our family, you dress for Christmas dinner.  We did not.  We arrived looking well, less than what is expected, but we were there and we had fun.

Holiday Season

My husband passed December 13, 2013, Friday the 13th.  This year I wanted to decorate on the 13th to change the emotional charge of the day.  We haven't decorated since 2012.  We did not get a chance to do anything for Christmas on December, 13th this year like I wanted.  I was feeling  down. I felt like I failed.  I was downstairs at 2 am when the doorbell rang.  I didn't answer the door because it couldn't be for me and everyone else was asleep.  I did not know it was my mother's youngest brother, my uncle.  I did not know he brought us a real tree.  I went to bed before dawn.  I called my mother later that morning and she told me Uncle Wayne left us a tree.  The mood at our home had not been good.  It was difficult at best.  When I came downstairs later that afternoon it smelled like Christmas.  Faith who works all day and all night everyday looked happier than she had in months.  The tension was leaving our home.  We had something that we needed but couldn't get for ourselves left at our door step and it changed everything.  My uncle knew what the 13th was and he brought us a tree.  My uncle loved Bryan, too.  We all did.  He was our family.  I believe Bryan knew we felt defeated.  He knew that we really needed to change that day, so he sent my uncle at 2 am.  Thank God! We decorated our tree differently than we normally do but we still love it.  That is our first tree in years.

Perspective

I need to look at my life with new eyes.  Days can be a burden or a learning experience.  Work can be work or a moment to be spent with others.  A beautiful dress is a beautiful dress.  Does it matter that I got it for work? Christmas is Christmas even when we work so hard and we don't take notice.  Christmas happens. Life happens.

Why Royal?

Why Royal? I am sure many people ask that question when they see this page. I am also sure many other people get it. There is for me a well defined and yet verbally undefinable reason why I call my family royal. For me it is what it is and I consider all of my family not just the 4 as Royal, I always have. In Zen they say that if you try to define something you kill it. So I will do my best to bring you closer to my reasoning as possible without trying to define it.

The word Royal suits me and my family. It just fits. Some people are not comfortable with such a title and that's okay. The title of farmer really mattered to my Grandfather. Yes he was a reverend and a carpenter but the thing that made him smile most was farmer. To me, he was a Royal farmer, because I was lucky enough to know my great grandmother, his mother, but he down played that Royal part a lot. There are all kinds of titles in this world. Titles that are forced upon you and titles you choose.  

There are also titles that go beyond choosing and beyond simply what you do. For me and my family there is something that seems written in our very being and the only word I can give it is Royal. It is there when we are at our best and our worst. It is there when we are in a crowd of a thousand other people. Our Royalty is not attached to a crown, a piece of land or a country. Our Royalty transcends all time and space and is recognized across the universe.  

The problem is with the way the world works growing up I began to become ashamed. For I was a Royal without a country to rule. I had no knights to protect me. I had no army to command. History of this country forced more than half of my ancestors to carry the title of slave. I could not boldly go out in this world with the title I knew I had/have. 

Then it occurred to me, why relinquish my truth, my crown. If I continue to live by what this world (reality) is offering me, I will be living on nothing, as I am a woman and black. I am claiming what is mine! People can try to take it away all they want but I be damned if I am just going to give it away! There are some titles you choose like husband. Other titles are forced upon you like slave. But we each have other titles that have existed with us since the beginning of time. I and frankly the rest of my family was born with a memory of one of ours. It is a Royal title and My Royal Family 4 will serve as a beacon. The 4 will not hide to make the world comfortable. The 4 will shine!

We Are All Sisters Happy Holidays

For years now my Aunt Crystal has held her annual Sister To Sister (Click here to read about 2013 party it was a blast) party. It is a party to bring together sisters of all kinds. Blood sisters, In-Law Sisters, Church sisters, Best Friend Sisters, Work Sisters and any other type of "sister" you can think of gather together for the first Saturday in December.  

Now our family is very big and I don't think all of Aunt Crystals sisters have ever been at this event at the same time. In fact I know they have not. Now my mom has been there almost every year and so has Aunt Kathy but Aunt Crystal has yet to be lucky enough to have all her sisters attend in the same year. There is Yvonne the oldest, then of course Crystal (the host), Glenda (my mom), Wanda, Lutisha, C.C., Tonya, and Kimberly. They are a party onto themselves and one day I am sure that all will party together. FYI funerals don't count, lol.

Aunt Crystal's party has more to do with building up a sisterhood than being blood sisters. She wants women to come together and eat because that's what families do. She wants us to play games together because that's how families build relationships. She wants us to laugh and dance together because that's how our sisterhood celebrates this life together. In December 2013 I became a widow. Eight months later in August 2014 my Aunt Crystal became a widow, too. It is 2015 and many of the ladies attended a wake before coming to the party. Regardless we all share our lives together.

Sisters are sisters but sometimes your blood sister can't be there for you. At a gathering like this it is okay because you always belong to a sisterhood of women. Sometimes your Aunt is your sister. Sometimes the person who works with your Aunt and that you are meeting for the first time, is your sister. When you enter my Aunts party you know that everyone is a sister period and that is a comfort. It kicks off the holidays and all though we may not know what the future holds, we know today there will be the game Pokeno.

Birthday Birthday And Again Birthday Part Deux Or Our September

Last year we spent the September Birthdays in North Carolina. It was beautiful and sad because not only was it their (Glenda. Joy and Faith's) first birthdays without my husband but our Uncle Pookie passed away just a month before in August.  It was a beautiful and fun birthday but it was not a party.  It was simply the 4 of My Royal Family 4 healing.  The title of this blog is a play off of a 2013 posting (Bryan was still with us) Birthday Birthday And Again Birthday and if you read both postings you will see how far we have come.  This years party celebrations are closer to the real us but not really.  We are trying our best to live the dream and we do this as a family by celebrating each other.

This year we had a dinner party for Mom (Virgo).  We went to Churchill Downs night racing on Faith's (Libra) actual birthday and had a party to end all parties for Faith and our cousin Shawn two days later.  We had a brunch and a dinner for Joy's (Libra) birthday while we worked and partied with the Idea Festival! My diet went to hell on the 26th of September!  I almost want to name this posting Our September because it was busy, fun and full of great food.  This September was the September of the 90's Party, food trucks, parties, great ideas, BILLIONAIRES (although I will not point out who they are), night racing at Churchill Downs, Cincinnati Bengals Pro Football players and just plain living!

Faith's 90's Birthday Party

Sit back and relax.  I am posting pretty pictures and fun videos and maybe just maybe you will get an idea or two.  This is more than just about parties, birthdays and celebrations.  It is about food, love and life.  It is about doing what feels right, like having a food truck! YES, we had a food truck at Faith's 90's birthday party and it was amazing!  It cut down on clean up and the food was so good!

Food

Birthday Cake

Food Truck Holy Molé

Holy Molé Tacos were awesome for Faith's 90's Party

Joy's Brunch

Joy's Dinner 

The Fun

Fabulous