As women, we hear a lot of messages about what a WOMAN is, how she should act, how she should look, what makes her successful, what makes her valuable…   It’s hard to avoid them – they’re everywhere we look, everywhere we listen, everywhere we turn.  Do you believe those messages? It’s hard not to.  We want to know what it is that we have to DO to obtain membership into “the club” of Womanhood.  We...

That song has been running through my mind.  I don’t even know who sang it – and these are the only lyrics I really know – but I can hear that twangy voice singing, “Sometimes, it’s hard to be a woman…” And yes, I do agree.  But I don’t think it’s any harder than for a man to be a man.  It’s just different. Being a woman does not make us better – or worse – than being a...

You know – I always liked the story of the 3 Little Pigs.  I love the way they strike out on their own, and persist despite adversity.  How they all band together in the end to defeat the Big Bad Wolf. But I’m not here to talk about them or even the Big Bad Wolf. I’m writing about chin hairs. You know – the chin hairs that came out of nowhere after I turned 30. Seriously, my dear readers!  Chin hairs are apparently no...