Just The Way We Are
At first I thought I had gone blind. Everything was fuzzy and I was jolted, hard. My ears either popped or I was still in slow motion, everything swirling. Why aren’t the children making noise? They were making too much noise just a moment ago, clicking and unclicking their seatbelts. Young boys playing a stupid [...]
A note to my readers: This post originally appeared here on Girl Body Pride in a much shorter form. I thought the piece finished, hit publish, and walked away satisfied. I recently added some of my words to the Owning Pink site founded by the amazing Lissa Rankin (who happens to write for Girl Body [...]
I am in a place I have wanted to be for so very long and I am here because of the power of joining my voice with that of other like-minded women with something to say and a need to be heard. I am in this place and I am grateful. And I simply [...]
Finding your calling is all the rage these days. It’s sexy to find your calling. Everyone’s doing it, it seems. Finding your calling is the new black. But if you’re one of the many who haven’t yet found it, the process of seeking it can make you feel psycho, like you’ve got a giant [...]
Pretty things make me smile. The simple and plan kind of pretty that doesn’t try too hard to be noticed because that kind of thinking is what other kinds of pretty fret about. That’s the kind I adore. Maybe that’s why I love this new offering from my friends at Berkey Design on Esty. Stan [...]
I’ve seen my name published in the bylines of the hundreds of newspaper articles I wrote before giving up the Dream That Was Supposed to Pay the Bills. That was the plan, you know. The paycheck was supposed to fund the Dream That Included Me and a Book with My Words. Funny thing, that dream. [...]
Are you ready to be inspired? Let’s launch this thing… On Monday, January 14, Girl Body Pride celebrates the launch of the Strong Like Butterfly ebook! Strong Like Butterfly brings you the best of Girl Body Pride in collection of strong and inspiring essays from women who celebrate the You that You Are Right Now. [...]
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