Tyler Perry: “It’s going to be all right.”
I died as a child. – Tyler Perry Tyler Perry can’t bear to look at this photo of himself as a 6-year old boy. The abuse he experienced was so […]
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Book Review: Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy
. . .this story is not primarily about spies and secret government agencies; it’s about violence against women, and the men who enable it. – Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who […]
J2J Day 10: Iyanla Vanzant on Oprah
I was on Oprah today. OK. Blink. You missed me. Several times. I was in the audience for almost all of Iyanla Vanzant’s twenty-two appearances on Oprah. I vividly recall the Maundy […]
Book Review: The Company She Keeps by Georgia Durante
Georgia Durante The Company She Keeps: The Dangerous Life of a Model Turned Mafia Wife by Georgia Durante is a compelling look behind the closed doors of the Mob. It […]
J2J Day 9: Intention
Lakeshore Drive in Chicago was impassable last night due to a record-setting blizzard. The Weather Channel is reporting thunder snow. We have sunshine in Seattle. It is time for me to […]
Sela Ann Ward: Founder of Hope Village
Sela Ward is the quintessential Southern belle. She and her husband Howard Sherman founded Hope Village in her home town of Meridian, Mississippi to give a real home to abused, abandoned, and neglected […]
Celebrating the Life of Georgia “Giggles” Gunzer: Let’s Not Extinguish Her Flame
Georgia “Giggles” Gunzer October 4, 1977 ~ January 22, 2011 Forever in our hearts Georgia Gunzer made a dent in the universe. She was an integral member of the […]
“Million Dollar Baby” Christy Martin: Boxing Champ & DV Survivor
It’s kind of like this: life gave me lemons and I had to make pink lemonade. – Christy Martin Christy Salters Martin, 42, is on a quest to the be […]
Be There: Candelight Vigil for Georgia Gunzer, 1/28 @ 7:00 PM
Everyone leaves footprints in your memory, but the ones that leave footprints in your heart are the ones you will truly remember. – Nicholas Sperling There will be a candlelight […]
New Year’s Resolutions: Morphing Impossible into I’m Possible
Each New Year’s Eve most of us are filled with hope and optimism that the new year will be better. New Year’s Day is an optimal time to reinvent ourselves. […]
Anne Caroline Drake 