We have to value ourselves not for what we look like or the things we possess
but for the women we are.
~Maya Angelou
My mother. An immigrant. The epitome of grace and grit. A young widow who...
I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.
~Mitch Albom
The mother/daughter bond is complex and it changes with each stage of life. Over the...
I'm two finger typing.
Normally I'm a fast typist. I credit that to my years of musical training on the accordion. (To be clear it wasn't my choice, I wanted piano lessons. I have German...
I think that playing dress-up begins at age five and never truly ends.
~Kate Spade
Growing up, back-to-school was a big deal for me. I got new clothes and new school supplies!
(Who doesn't love a...
If shopping doesn't make you happy, then you're in the wrong shop.
~Mimosa Rose
I don’t like shopping. I like buying.
It’s not about the hunting it’s about the gathering. In my...
Amanda confided "I haven't felt *pretty* since the lockdown, I'm losing my mojo and my stay-at-home-style is schlumpy."
Catherine is currently doing a closet edit. She's bemoaned the fact that...
It’s not about seducing men, it’s about embracing womanhood.
~Dita Von Teese
My granddaughter Zoë, just two and recently potty trained, started to hop around at the mall as if she...
A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer
It sings because it has a song.
~Maya Angelou
If you've read Wear Your Life Well you know I have some opinions about being authentic and...
There's nothing about the Spring 2020 fashion scene that's typical. Come to think of it (sigh) so far there's been nothing typical about 2020 at all.
Some clothing stores and malls are slated to...
I need to social distance myself from my refrigerator so I can flatten my curve.
Yes, I've gained weight.
No, I don't know how much. I haven't summoned the courage to step onto a scale,...
To me beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It’s about knowing and accepting who you are.
~Ellen DeGeneres
Eventually the day comes when we no longer recognize that girl in the...
I'm more than a wee-bit-weary of all the COVID-19 transformational nonsense that *on-line motivational gurus* are preaching to have me accomplish unreasonably uber-ambitious goals, so I can carpe...
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