Examples of an Imperfect woman
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Fail to see…
While going through my file of correspondence I received from family in the aftermath of my father's arrest, I found the birth and death certificates of my father's parents….and a note, dated 10/18/09 My mother's last line…."You are my beloved… Continue reading
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What are we saying…
In Sarah Ban Breathnach's book "Simple Abundance" she talked about the annual Christmas Letter…letters some of us write and most of us recieve. How it does seem like we get the edited version of their lives, like they airbrushed out… Continue reading
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What you settle for.
There seems to be a quest to ‘stand against’ abuse that is out there, in someone else’s life. It isn’t something you do in another person’s life, but in your own. People ask what can their community do or what… Continue reading
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Nothing is hidden.
"Love opens the doors into everything…including and perhaps most of all, the door into one's own secret, and often terrible and frightening, real self." May Sarton What a great line. I know this to be true. I also know, that… Continue reading
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What Love is not…
A woman mentioned she was an advocate for Love. And, that led me to wonder what am I an advocate for? What is my intention and direction; just how would I classify my advocation? I even looked up the word… Continue reading
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How much have you changed?
There is a cost for being a Leader for Change within dysfunctional families; it typically means you lose your place in the family. You will no longer be part of it, except to be on the outside. Changes within families… Continue reading
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Leader for Change…
A Marine that was sexually assaulted, said that she wasn't speaking as a victim or a survivor, but as a Leader for Change…I love how she sees herself as an instrument for change. Using her life experiences to help others,… Continue reading
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What Part are you Playing?
As I sat with the injustice of the justice system, it came to me that our solutions will not be with the same systems that are now creating the problems; but something totally different. Changing a broken system with the… Continue reading
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Another Level of Learning.
I am exploring different avenues to sell art online…should I use Etsy or Square, have it on this blog, or begin a new Imperfect Lady Shop, and, then what to sell and how. This part is work and hurts my… Continue reading
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Changes who you are.
In the past few years, I have noticed, that people use November as a month of gratitude, and the lists are of typical nice things, good things, easy gratitudes, if you will, to notice, but rare is it something bad with… Continue reading