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It began when he was just a little guy of one or two. His love of color, love of pictures made him smile. A neighbor gave him a painting of a happy clown that hung over his crib. After his naps I would find him […]

Darkness is where I go for now.  To awaken from the grief is too much for me to handle.

It has been a brutal few months.  Death has knocked at my families door as we console one another.  Our beautiful Mo […]

It started in a moment, a word thrown at me over and over again until I took notice. I wasn’t having a great day, in fact, I was angry and done with all the things not going my way. The cashier’s name was Joy, I s […]

Here at Plaid for Women, we believe that when one woman rises, all women rise.  Women have more capacity than is being realized, and the world is a better place when women are encouraged to tap into their full […]

I have found that many of the “gifts” of transition come through “the back door,”  disguised as anything but a “gift.”  One such instance that sticks in my mind is the first Christmas after my divorce many years a […]

Twenty-two years of living in a gorgeous town in the Texas Hill Country surrounded by creeks, rivers, oaks, cypress trees and pure peace coupled with my dream job equaled heaven. No one plans on leaving heaven. I […]

Hello 2020!!!  I am so glad to turn the page on the calendar of 2019!  It has been a challenging year.  I lost my mother this year and my father two years ago.  Yes, I am now an orphan as someone so cruelly poi […]

This time of year always brings with it the promise and allure of a new beginning. It’s the time of year we all vow to do better, to be different, to do more, or to give up a multitude of things – all in an a […]

The focus for Plaid for Women this month is our ‘favorite things’. What I have learned over the years is that most (if not all) of my favorite things cost nothing…in fact they are free. Here are my top 40! Perha […]

When I was a child, the financial status of our family depended on the particular season of life and availability of work for our father. He was in the military for 20 years, but afterwards he desired to go back […]

Self-care is what you deliberately do to take care of your mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing.  Caring for yourself is the key to an improved mood, reduced anxiety, and the relationship you have with […]

Elizabeth Lions talks about the danger of #MeToo at work and how it caused a backlash. Executive men don’t want to work with us any more and are afraid.

Here’s what you can do to change that.

When asked “what are a few of your favorite things?” Does a tsunami of images bombard your mind? I hear Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music categorically list a multitude of things from “bright copper kettl […]

So what’s a Muslim girl doing in a Christmas Pageant?

Our mosque built a very good relationship with a local Methodist church. Dinners, interfaith discussions, a Q &A about Islam, and even classes exploring t […]

Baby it’s cold outside…and that probably means you’re planning to eat something warm and delicious (and perhaps high calorie) to chase the chills away. We know how all the calories add up over the holidays. Let’s […]