This year’s National Woman’s History Month is about recognizing women of character, courage, and commitment. A Woman’s Place (AWP) has been highlighting many interesting and accomplished women on our Facebook page. Each day as I read about our latest notable woman it makes me think about the women who have impacted my life. As I considered…
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Lessons Learned
The Season of Gratitude
It’s that time of year. I log onto Facebook and up pop the posts. “I’m grateful for my kids.” “I’m grateful for my job.” “I’m grateful for kind people.” Don’t get me wrong. I’m grateful for my kids, my job, and kind people. I think my kids are hilarious. They like to record silly videos…
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Back Off Facebook
In my continued homage to Self-Improvement Month, I must publicly share my love of the July 30 blog post, How to talk to your daughter about her body, written by Sarah Koppelkam. Some of you may have seen this post circulating on Facebook. The irony of that is that you may have had to scroll…
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Maya Angelou – Inspired Creativity
This beautiful picture of Maya Angelou popped up in my Facebook feed on Monday. It was the end of a longish day. It was the end of my first day as Interim Executive Director at A Woman’s Place (AWP). Naturally, I was reflecting on the day, looking for deep meaning in all that had occurred……
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Say it, Forget it: Write it, Regret it
I’m sure many of you have seen the recent video that went viral on February 8, 2012, of a North Carolina father, Tommy Jordan, who shot 8 holes through his 15 year old daughter’s laptop. The video had over a million views in less than 24 hours and as of February 21st there were over…
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