Having just come back from my celebrating my twentieth high school reunion, I can tell you there is nothing more fantastic than the raw honesty created when dealing with people who suffered with you through what is probably one of the most awkward times in all of our lives. And it was in this homey little […] Read more…
Archive of ‘Changing The World’ category
Me and Young M.C.
I have to start off by apologizing for the misleading title and the shameless self-promotion of me with one of the most influential (in my book at least) rap artists of the 90’s – a decade of which I am extremely fond. Okay so with that out-of-the-way, here’s the reason I’m babbling about Young M.C.: […] Read more…
Wine, Women, and Money – It’s Not Just a Rap Song
Some of you may remember that last year my friend Kelli and I were such bitter b**ches that we were actually sick of our own whining. So to get our mojo back we decided to start off this year with an “empower women” event which would bring together all the women we love and celebrate our collective fabulousness – and you […] Read more…
Sleeping Beauty is Dead
It’s official: women are sick of waiting for prince charming. 66% of women in a Pew Research Center study place higher importance on being self-rescuing princesses than Sleeping Beauties. 66% of women ages 18-34 responded by stating that being successful in a high-paying career or profession is “one of the most important things” or “very important” in their lives […] Read more…
Getting Old Kicks A**!
My aunt Anne is in Rwanda teaching medical professionals protocols for cancer and AIDS patients. Here is this sweet unassuming mother of two grown sons who has spent her life taking care of everyone else – her sons, her husband, and the patients she’s ministered to as a nurse. So she turns sixty and think […] Read more…
“Women Seeking Women”
I had the most amazing experience two nights ago. My friend Kelli and I organized about 35 women for a night of activities designed to help us start off the New Year choosing happiness and kicking the general state of depression many of us have been experiencing for the last few years. It started out as a […] Read more…