My Aftermath of 9/11

~ True Story ~ “If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate.” — Sandy Dahl, wife of Flight 93 pilot Jason Dahl Jane L. Fitzpatrick, writer, TV series creator and business owner. Jane’s been a writer for over 30 years, writing the […]

What I Love About My Daughters

~ True Story ~ “Our daughters are the most precious of our treasures, the dearest possessions of our homes and the objects of our most watchful love.” ― Margaret E. Sangster Empress Empowerment Coaching (https://empress-empowerment-coaching.nl), Tina De Keyzer-van Bruggen‘s interview with Monique (Moya) Wijngaarde-Bekema (July 13, 2021) Tina: Why are your daughters so special? Monique: What […]

Our Choices Affect All

~ History ~ Scene Description from the screenplay, Sacajawea, The Windcatcher — The Great Water stretches out before Sacajawea. Waves continue one after the other, pounding against her bare feet. She stretches her arms wide across the skeleton of the “Big Fish,” a whale washed ashore. She has chosen to obey her Chief and moves […]

Finding your mission and your moment

~ True Story ~ “Great harm has been done to us. We have suffered great loss. And in our grief and anger we have found our mission and our moment.” ― George W. Bush addressing joint session of Congress and the Nation. September 20, 2001 Maria Ragonese, Crisis Intervention Volunteer – These words were spoken […]

Be a Trailblazer and Never Look Back

~ True Story ~ “My Tribe of people that I work with are leaders, and we all want to follow the same path of creativity and simplicity. It’s taken a while to find them, like a needle in a haystack – but I’ve found the needles, and they are amazing. I’m here to tell you, […]

Awakening of Lewis & Clark

~ History ~ “Your woman who accompanied you [on] that long, dangerous and fatiguing route to the Pacific Ocean and back deserved a greater reward for her attention and services on that route than we had in our power to give her.” ― Captain William Clark Warrior Woman Spirit, Sacajawea – At a time when […]

Blended.

~ True Story ~ “Like an angel that shed the heaviness of an earthly body, the blindfold removed, I rise and see only one thing, answer to one thing… His face.” ― Debra Harris Johnson Debra Johnson, Keynote Speaker & Freelance Writer – Back in the day, I was called “mixed,” a term meaning different […]

Transition Higher

~ History ~ Scene Description from the screenplay, Sacajawea The Windcatcher – It is 1800, and Boinair (Sacajawea) is 12 years old. It is Shoshone tradition that she transitions into adulthood, even though she’s still a child. As our story begins, we first see her alone in a small tipi overpowered by the majestic wilderness, […]

Be Ready for the Ride

~ True Story ~ “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ― Maya Angelou Nathalie Bleser, multi-lingual writer and interpreter – Here I am, struggling with the “blank page” where I must pour words that will share the essence of my story, to inspire other people who share a love […]

No Shame.

~ True Story ~ “An exciting and inspiring future awaits you beyond the noise in your mind, beyond the guilt, doubt, fear, shame, insecurity and heaviness of the past you carry around.” ― Debbie Ford Stephanie Harris, teacher and advocate for others – Life is a compilation of intricate parts from all of our life […]