Christina J. Allen

Honored and humbled to have been named a 2025 Women Who Mean Business Honoree by the @HOUBizJournal - I can’t wait to celebrate in October 💜 To God be the glory 🙏🏽

@DrPaiwanFan I can’t get past the fact that she let the dogs eat the leftover pumpkin DIRECTLY from the spatula. This is why I don’t eat everyone’s cooking 🤢🤢🤢

This will be a crowd pleaser! 😲

Really hard to blame TSA agents for bailing. They have to feed their families. So when you get to the front of the security lines, don't take your frustrations out on THEM, even if they're grumpy. The folks who are still on the job deserve our profound thanks. And paychecks!

@cmclymer Thank you for sharing this 🙏🏽💞

Several years ago, I attended an annual gala organized by the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, which raises money for military caregivers that need assistance because the VA doesn't offer enough coverage. If you raised enough money, you got to do a photo line with Tom Hanks--who always hosts the gala--and the special guests in attendance, which is a neat little treat. That year, it was Savannah Guthrie and Adam Driver and a few others. It wasn't a typical photo line. Because there were so many attendees who raised the requisite amount of money (a GREAT problem to have), they didn't do the usual thing where you can exchange a few words with the celebs, etc. Instead, they had Mr. Hanks and Ms. Guthrie and Mr. Driver and the others sit in chairs in a line facing the camera, and everyone in the photo line would stand behind the group and get their picture taken. Now, I can't emphasize enough that this was a LONG photo line. It was easily an hour of photos being taken, and that was with the expedited process. So, in order to keep things moving, they asked us to not give gifts or chat with the celebs. Totally understandable. When it was my turn, I went around the partition and walked up to the seated group, and as expected, the other celebs respectfully nodded. But Ms. Guthrie, who didn't know me from the next person, lit up and offered a big smile and a wave and said "Thank you so much for coming!" I've been around these things long enough to know when a celeb is understandably going through the motions, and Ms. Guthrie wasn't doing that. She was genuinely trying to offer a brief human connection with everyone in line. I must have been Person #137 or whatever in this photo line, and I vividly remember her making the effort to ensure I felt welcome and appreciated. We took the photo, and as I walked away, she said: "Thank you again! We appreciate you." She did this with EVERY. SINGLE. PERSON. IN. LINE. Hundreds of people. Seven weeks ago, Savannah Guthrie's mother Nancy Guthrie was abducted, and her family has been going through hell trying to rescue her. I keep thinking about that night and the kindness Ms. Guthrie showed toward so many strangers and the way her empathy was centered in that moment and the mother who raised her to be that way. Please say a prayer for the Guthrie family and the safe return of their mother.

@prettyjoyful08 Agreed!

@CJAllenLeads True and his views are very conservative, so maybe no longer the right fit for the demographic. That was my first thought.

I have been informed by NBC that I won’t be back with FNIA this fall and it has given me time to reflect and also to look ahead.    It’s disappointing  news but I want to thank my NBC family for making the last 17 years so special.  I’ll have lasting memories of my time there, especially with Rodney Harrison who has become a tremendous friend.   God has always directed me in these moments and while I’m not sure what the next step will be for me—whether it will be in football, in broadcasting, or getting more involved in church and community outreach —I know God has plans for my life and I can’t wait see them unfold. And I am reminded of one of my favorite verses in the Bible-Romans 8:28. “God works all things for His good for those who love the Lord.”

@lady_valor_07 Never purchase an expensive handbag unless you can afford to lose that same amount of money and not really be affected. I hope that’s oddly specific enough ☺️

I’m 25. Give me oddly specific life tips. No general ”surround yourself with positive people” tips. I want the most random, specific advice possible.

@ReddCinema A repast

For my black fam, where am I currently??

@notcapnamerica She gave that woman way too much of her time and energy.

Ma’am if you don’t get off my damn property before I remember it’s an open carry state 😒

@boowhop15 You’re welcome 💞 Grief is so complex and unpredictable. Move through it however you need to…

@CJAllenLeads Thank you 🌹

Can’t believe you’re gone ma. Rest Easy Mama 🌹 Forever with us. I feel so empty and lost.

I did my research and voted yesterday. And I spent last night securing tickets for the New Edition concert. Protecting. My. Peace.

@Gods_WarriorUSA 🙏🏽 done

I will be having heart surgery tomorrow. If you are willing, I would really appreciate your prayers. If you remember the heart surgery I had last Sept, failed on day 2. This is a different type of surgery and will last somewhere between 4-6 hours. I am hoping that this will be my last.

@Sigmundine2 He was a man.

I’m sort of mad at Barack Obama for lifting my hopes in 2008 that Americans aren’t as shitty and stupid as I had previously thought. They certainly are. He was just cute, tall, a great orator and excited the media. He was the exception.

@tiff4mahogany 🙏🏽💞

My pick line where they deliver my chemo got infected and it was removed last night. I only have one more chemo treatment next week, but the doctor wants to make sure I’m not at risk for further infections. 😊

@shaTIRED @HSHToria And misogyny…

I do think we underestimate how deep seated racism is still

@RonMagill You all were a stunning couple then and now!

Just returned from a dream vacation in NYC celebrating our 37th anniversary. We always stay at the same boutique hotel that we first stayed at 27 years ago. Since that 1st stay, we like to recreate the image we first took. Here is the 1st one compared to this year’s.

@TimelessTrvlr I completely agree! I took a solo trip there in 2024 and absolutely loved it!

Savannah is my kind of city. Walkable. Unhurried. More front porches than agendas. You don’t visit Savannah to check boxes. You visit to slow down and remember what a GREAT day can feel like.

@jannnelss I can easily wear them all day but I never drive in my heels. I keep “driving shoes” in the car.

Women, when wearing heels for the night do you drive in them or you bring a pair of slides to drive in?

I visited China in 2015 and sat next to a nice lady on a boat tour. She asked where I was from and I said “America”. She paused and whispered “I’m from Iran”. We acknowledged our countries’ relationship and continued our lovely conversation. We can NEVER lose sight of humanity.

She told y’all.