Rising for Peace. Rising in Love, in Song, and in Prayer
Recently, I moved back to the city where I spent my childhood, grew up, and developed into who I am today. I’ve discovered that in our formative years, we become a sum of all the influences in our lives, including our friends. For me, I learned the value of friendships, particularly girlfriends. I grew up [...]
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It’s officially time to spring clean. Not because it’s officially spring. Heck. We got another four inches of snow dumped on us last week. And temperatures still hover in the teens. But last week’s Newsletter raised the issue and prompted an onslaught of emails in response. Moms out there who are rolling up their sleeves [...]
We have been used to sexy, flirty light hearted looks all through Spring and Summer. This Autumn Winter Season, instead of the expected glamourously sexy looks we have come to expect, the fashion world decided to do something completely different. Sexy is so out. Now, romantic, genteel, ladylike styles that grandma used to wear are [...]
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Sisterhood! It’s such a loaded term for women. No two of us define it quite the same way. There has always been a particular rhetoric about women as sisters, but for some of us, the reality doesn’t always measure up. Our collective struggle against class and gender barriers are ties that theoretically bind; the word [...]
Are you a plus size woman struggling with excess weight, tired of feeling ashamed and hating your body, desperate to stop dieting, but don’t know how? I’ll bet, like me, you’ve convinced yourself that you can’t trust yourself around a fridge or pantry filled with fattening foods. Maybe you’re keeping the goodies you love at [...]
