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Find Your Thing, And Keep It
AS a young girl, I watched my great grandmother get ready for outings beyond the doors of the rambler on Mexico Street where my grandfather and four generations of New Orleans Creole women and girls lived. Each, including my sisters, had a fascinating routine for preparing themselves to meet the world, whether for work or some social event. Sometimes things could get confusing, if not downright chaotic. Still, I could always count on my great grandmother to put a certain orn
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Fall Inspires Reconciliation
IT’S true, my favorite color and, actually, my favorite month is October. That's not just because it's also when I celebrate my birthday....
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Oct 1, 20254 min read


JANUARY 2025 NEWSLETTER
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. ” Annis Nin HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2025 IS THE YEAR OF WOMEN & GIRLS: WATCH US! THAT...
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Jan 3, 20253 min read


Esther Productions Declares 2025 The Year of Women and Girls
“ The mind once stretched by a new idea never returns to its original dimensions.” Ralph Waldo Emerson DURING the presidential...
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Jan 3, 20254 min read


The Presumed Ennui of Life
FROM my freshman through junior years in high school, I often complained that the days felt as if they were dragging on, the...
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Jun 24, 20235 min read


I WILL SMILE
LEANNE Brady once expressed the following sentiments, “So yes, today I am full of sorrow, But I will smile a little more with each...
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Feb 10, 20223 min read

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