News — empowerment

Who do you look up to? I want to share a story about someone whom I admire. I was challenged to list 5-10 of my favorite writers, artists, actors, directors, or creators, choose one, and jump on Facebook Live to share our story with my friends.  You can catch the LIVE video replay here. When I was going through my list, I had a whole bunch of people come to mind. Some of those on my list were (in no particular order): Diana Gabaldon (author of Outlander series) Veronica Roth (author of Divergent series), Michelle Rodriguez (Girlfight, Fast & Furious franchise, Blue Crush, S.W.A.T., Machete) Denzel Washington...

As I was driving to work this morning, a song came on the radio that really resonated with me..... And there's a hope that's waiting for you in the darkYou should know you're beautiful just the way you areAnd you don't have to change a thing, the world could change its heartNo scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful It got me to thinking of the days when I did not realize my beauty (inner and outer) and my strengths.  Particularly, it reminded me of the day - many years ago - when one of my aunties pulled...