Never Give Up!

~ True Story ~ She stood in the storm and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails. ~ Elizabeth Edwards Nadezhda Vulova Nuza is an Accountant Administration Clerk at Gibraltar Garrison Library, and she speaks English, Spanish, Bulgarian and Russian – Growing up in Bulgaria was very hard. We didn’t […]

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 […]

On Eagle’s Wings

~ History ~ Imagine riding on the back of a great raptor as it soars through an angry storm of billowing clouds and piercing rain. Up and down, over and around hills and valleys, it bursts through the fog and wind. Your hair is plastered back, you cannot open your physical eyes, yet you believe […]

Live Your Dreams!

~ True Story ~ “We can only be what we give ourselves the power to Be.” ― Native American Proverb Priscilla Gardunio Wolf, Storyteller and Dreamer – I am from Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. My dream in life was to become an artist in school. But I was told by my teacher I would never […]

Sacajawea Flies Across the Sea

~ True Story ~ “A very great vision is needed, and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky.” ― Ta’ Shunke Witko (Crazy Horse, Oglala Lakota Sioux) Alessandra Celletti, Italian pianist and lover of Sacajawea. The Natives have always been in my heart. I love their way of life, […]

She Was One of Them

~ History ~ Scene description from the screenplay, Sacajawea, The Windcatcher —It is late afternoon, on the banks of the Missouri River, Three Forks. Enemy warriors crouch behind a stand of cottonwood trees. They watch smoke rise from a bonfire above in the village, listening to the sounds of women and children filtering through the […]

Even in despair, you can rise!

~ True Story ~ “I have come a long way since my life as a single mother, but I have never forgotten all I had to do to give my children the life and security they deserved, and that I deserved.” ― Sue Sater Susan Hickman Sater, Published Writer and Retired Business Administrator — In […]