On the 94th anniversary of the 19th amendment... How long will it take????

On the 94th anniversary of the 19th amendment... How long will it take????


We do this to ourselves and to others. I work in a boutique in the French Quarter. Every time a woman goes behind the purple-curtained fitting room, I hear the same mantra. 

"If only my, fill in the blank body part weren't, fill in a complaint, than this would look good on me."

OMG, I have decided to answer all of these comments with: 
"You are Perfect, just the way you are."


The problem is, I need to repeat this mantra to myself, too. Where did we drift from a fabulous thought of The Creator, to "you are worthless, unless.."?



The link below does a wonderful job of explaining this topic.

 OK, no ice bucket challenge for this, but perhaps a ice bucket on the heads of those commercials on TV and media that perpetuate this???!!!!
No more beer, sex commercials....etc

I have a beautiful daughter and FOUR precious granddaughters, this is for you. 

http://www.upworthy.com/sexual-objectification-what-it-is-why-its-damaging-and-how-we-change?g=2

Suicide and Hope

If we could all see ourselves as our Creator does, we would bloom wherever we are. Robin Williams' death, and the others who become consumed by depression, demonstrate how they are unable to see their own beauty. Would that we could be the mirrors for others....
The video by Bruno Bramcho demonstrates how we unfold and illuminate. Knowing others who have committed suicide touches a special place within the heart.
I once acted as the suicide interventionist for a Louisiana High School. So many broken and damaged souls seeking attention...
Little did I know that the lessons learned would have to apply to my own husband. Try as we might, there are some depressed beings who do not allow the intervention to take place. The damage is so deeply entrenched, the wound so deep, that they see no other recourse.
Robin Williams stared in a movie about suicide and depression,
 http://observationdeck.io9.com/for-in-that-sleep-of-death-what-dreams-may-come-1619905634
This film uses art to help identify the sadness and oppressiveness of loss. In the film, Robin's character goes into hell to recover his wife who committed suicide. Other films have been a variation on this theme; he leaves us a great body of work to ponder and appreciate.


https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201496540688138
The time lapse sequence of  a blooming rose.

Seeing myself on the front page of Eat, Play, Live this morning

Imagine my surprise upon opening this morning's paper and seeing a picture of myself from last years Satchmo Fest nestled under two photographs of Pops Armstrong? This is last year's photo that was reprinted in this Morning's Daily Advocate.

The woman with the crown of colors on her head swinging a white dress, is moi. My" Daily Word" recommends honoring"my ageless nature by living with enthusiasm and gratitude." So do I need to go out to the Satchom Fest or do I sit here knowing that my spirit is already there?

Bye, I am off to play with the Spirit. Another name for the Spirit is the Advocate.