I recently had the joy of interviewing a group of southern women. Here are a few AMAZING TRUTHS they shared and revealed: • Every Southern woman desires to love and be loved for who she is. To love and serve others...
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Women are always being tested...but ultimately, each of us has to define who we are individually and then do the very best job we can to grow in to. ~ Hillary Rodham Clinton Did you ever want to be...
As a woman from the south, born in the '50s, I was raised to be small, quiet, polite and inauthentic, a perfect southern belle. The instructions were to look and act pretty, speak when spoken to and keep a low...
One of my dearest bellefriends shared an email with me this month me. It touched my heart and soul deeply. I am delighted to share it with you. Look at these precious little girls in a line holding hands, facing...
A couple from South Carolina and a couple from the Northeast were seated side by side on an airplane. The girl from South Carolina, being friendly and all, said, "So, where y'all from?" The Northeast girl said, "From a place...
I love this! Are you Yankee or Dixie? Take the quiz and see. My Yankee bellefriend Dena Marino from Staten Island, NY, sent me this quiz. You remember Dena don’t ya? She’s was the woman I blogged about that loves...
Okay, so... Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me... Happy Birthday to me! This past weekend, I celebrated my 54th birthday, and it felt FABULOUS! As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become much more comfortable celebrating...
Women at times are so busy taking care of the needs of others, they forget to unconditionally love, honor and nurture themselves. They hesitate to celebrate and openly share their uniqueness with others and fearlessly make themselves #1 in their...
The final question, “What guidance would you offer to young southern women of today?” What poured forth was way wise wisdom for any woman, anywhere, at any age... Listen to your own voice and trust your own instincts. The earlier...
So what did my southern "bellefriends" say about their “southern roots” and how it expanded the expression of who they are? The “be seen and not heard” thing taught me to listen on a deeper level. I thought the stork...
Continuing from yesterday, the second question I asked these southern belles was, “How did being a southern woman tend to keep you small or hinder you in the expression of who you are?” Their answers: In my professional life I...
Yesterday’s posting, "The Good Wife Guide” has been creating quite a stir among women. It reminded me how many boomer belles were handed their blueprints for life and the roles they were supposed to fulfill. A few months back, I...
Have you seen this May 1955 Good Housekeeping article, "The Good Wife Guide"? Initially, I laughed at the absurdity of it. Then I thought, No wonder I’m a Rebel Belle. Put a ribbon in my hair? Cater to his comfort?...
Women are always being tested...but ultimately, each of us has to define who we are individually and then do the very best job we can to grow in to. ~ Hillary Rodham Clinton Did you ever want to be...
As a woman from the south, born in the '50s, I was raised to be small, quiet, polite and inauthentic, a perfect southern belle. The instructions were to look and act pretty, speak when spoken to and keep a low...
One of my dearest bellefriends shared an email with me this month me. It touched my heart and soul deeply. I am delighted to share it with you. Look at these precious little girls in a line holding hands, facing...
A couple from South Carolina and a couple from the Northeast were seated side by side on an airplane. The girl from South Carolina, being friendly and all, said, "So, where y'all from?" The Northeast girl said, "From a place...
I love this! Are you Yankee or Dixie? Take the quiz and see. My Yankee bellefriend Dena Marino from Staten Island, NY, sent me this quiz. You remember Dena don’t ya? She’s was the woman I blogged about that loves...
Okay, so... Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me... Happy Birthday to me! This past weekend, I celebrated my 54th birthday, and it felt FABULOUS! As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become much more comfortable celebrating...
Women at times are so busy taking care of the needs of others, they forget to unconditionally love, honor and nurture themselves. They hesitate to celebrate and openly share their uniqueness with others and fearlessly make themselves #1 in their...
The final question, “What guidance would you offer to young southern women of today?” What poured forth was way wise wisdom for any woman, anywhere, at any age... Listen to your own voice and trust your own instincts. The earlier...
So what did my southern "bellefriends" say about their “southern roots” and how it expanded the expression of who they are? The “be seen and not heard” thing taught me to listen on a deeper level. I thought the stork...
Continuing from yesterday, the second question I asked these southern belles was, “How did being a southern woman tend to keep you small or hinder you in the expression of who you are?” Their answers: In my professional life I...
Yesterday’s posting, "The Good Wife Guide” has been creating quite a stir among women. It reminded me how many boomer belles were handed their blueprints for life and the roles they were supposed to fulfill. A few months back, I...
Have you seen this May 1955 Good Housekeeping article, "The Good Wife Guide"? Initially, I laughed at the absurdity of it. Then I thought, No wonder I’m a Rebel Belle. Put a ribbon in my hair? Cater to his comfort?...