It’s Time
As a facilitator for the last eight years for Women’s Services of Chautauqua County, a pregnancy resource center in Jamestown, I have brought to Chautauqua and Warren County schools a workshop entitled R.E.A.L. Essentials (Relationship Education and Leadership). Sharon Hamilton, Executive Director of Women’s Services, has been faithfully driving this endeavor for the almost 20…
Nov 9-11, 2018 Rising Up Retreat (Women of EnCOURAGEment)
Mark your Calendars!! We are hosting our first Retreat on Nov 9-11, 2018. Spaces are limited. Hope you can join us! You can register at this link: https://bit.ly/2Ns2XuO
The Mosaic
I love this quote: “Our greatest glory is not in ever failing but in rising up every time we fall” (Ralph Waldo Emerson). As we face the good and not-so-good in life, we realize how totally vulnerable we are to our circumstances. It is at that pivotal point that those happenings can make us or…
MASKS–The Great Cover Up
When is the last time that we laid down our masks? It’s easier than ever today to hide. We have social media where most of the time we put our best foot forward. Life’s a charm and it’s a glamour-filled life, or so it seems. With texting and technology in general, we have less and…
Impacting the World
As I stood before the class of high school students in a small rural community, a 10th grader sat in the front seat to my left and was participating in my discussion with the class. When he spoke I noticed he had a heavy accent. Towards the end of the class, I learned he…