Celebrating Susan Cox Powell’s Love for Charlie and Bradon

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  Susan Cox Powell was a wonderful mother.  She blessed her sons Charlie and Bradon with love which is a mother’s greatest gift for her children.  She taught them faith, strength, and hope.  They embraced each other with laughter, joy, and fun.    Dorothy L. Nolte wrote “Children Learn What They Live,” and it seemed … Read more

Nobody’s Perfect

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11-11-11: Wearing Purple & Free at Last

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  Tonight I’m celebrating my 400th post with Bitzie curled up next to me and wearing her purple.  We are celebrating the veteran survivors of wars fought with the terrorists in our own homes.   In October, I wrote 31 survivor stories and invited everyone to wear purple to express their commitment to end domestic … Read more

Hoda Kotb: “You can’t scare me.” (Book Review + More)

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Hold on tightly to the things you love and get rid of the things you don’t. – Hoda Kotb Hoda Kotb, Today Show co-host, Dateline correspondent, and breast cancer survivor, has learned lessons that I think will help those of us who are wearing purple. It only takes one person to change your life. – Hoda … Read more

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Doris Buffett: Giving It All Away (Book Review + More)

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I am investing in people. – Doris Buffett What would you do if someone dropped hundreds of millions of dollars into your lap?  If you are like Doris Eleanor Buffett, you will give it all away.  During a dinner party at her younger brother Warren E. Buffett’s home, Bono suggested she write the story of … Read more

Louise L. Hay: You Can Heal Your Life

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Your thoughts create your life. – Louise L. Hay Louise L. Hay recently celebrated her 85th birthday with 400 friends and colleagues.  She survived childhood rape and incest; child abuse, neglect and abandonment; teenage pregnancy; dating violence; and cervical cancer.  She was a high-fashion model who married prosperous English businessman Andrew Hay and met royalty and dined at the White … Read more

Dr. Christine McFadden: Love Dispensed Here

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Christine McFadden, DVM It was just to destroy me. – Dr. Christine McFadden She went out for a morning walk with her best friend, Amy Velasquez, and came home to find all four of her children brutally murdered.  How do you recover from this devastating loss? Dr. Christine McFadden is a veterinarian in Merced, CA.  She founded the thriving Valley … Read more

Sally Field: Award-Winning Actress and Vital Voice for Women

  If the mothers ruled the world, there would be no goddamn wars in the first place! – Sally Field   Sally Field seems to perpetually be one of the first celebrities who shows up to prevent domestic violence.  She doesn’t, however, say much about her own experiences.  She was one of 100 celebrities in … Read more

Dr. Robin L. Smith: The Truth About Great Marriages (Book Review + More)

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I have known what it is to live a lie ~ to want so badly to keep a relationship that I made myself invisible. . . I would like to spare the pain of every woman who fears that she can have love only if she erases her needs and makes herself small. – Robin … Read more

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