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www.MOSTmag.com || FASHIO N MAG A ZINE || 155that allows him to be creative. Bella is quick-witted with a love for painting and drawing. Daphne, her youngest and namesake, is affectionately referred to as persnickety, and just started dancing. She has always hoped her children would be artists of some sort. %u201cIt goes without saying, a sense of humor and a thick skin are very much encouraged.%u201dpeaking of their famous father, married from 2001 to 2005, Keenen and Daphne are coparenting and maintain a close friendship. She feels that a family is the most intimate population of humanity. It is the subgroup that organizes by blood %u2013 intentions held close to the chest and hearts. Divorce speaks to the dissolution of marriage. It says nothing about a family not still being a family. The same way a death in the family does not mean that person was never your family, so it is with divorce. %u201cA family is about what is in your heart.%u201d If you stumbled on Daphne at home, you might find her listening to Niki Minaj%u2019s Only, or Divine Sorrow by Wyclef & Avicii, or anything by Pharrell. Her vice is hands down, LOVE. %u201cI always say love is my drug of choice.%u201d The art of cooking is yet another way of expressing herself. %u201cI am only looking to create harmony and wellness while keeping the beneficiary%u2019s well-being and personal taste in mind; by which I extend a pleasurable experience that truly is a gift offering of love from me to another.%u201d We%u2019ll have some of that, yes, please and thank you. When the conversation turns to current events, we touch on the recent injustices plaguing young black America and Daphne becomes fervid. Adamant that there is nothing recent or current about these issues, %u201cThis country is built on %u2018race relations%u2019 and hence the backbone of black peoples%u2019 blood, sweat and tears.%u201d %u201cThese crimes are nothing new to my children.%u201d %u201cI just allow them to see for themselves and have their own experiences and viewpoints.%u201d She will not hide things from them but rather help explain any aspects that they may question. %u201cThere is nothing confusing about this (referring to recent police >>>