Time really goes by fast!

I can’t believe that this year marks the seventh year of Hope for Women’s journey.  Talk about a leap of faith!  May 2005 seems like it was only yesterday…

I’m really grateful that so many of you have stood by my side, and walked with me on this journey to give women what they need… Read more…

This week, my daughter Chantel was awarded the community’s Dr. Martin Luther King Citizenship Award. You already know I was extremely excited — and one proud mama — not only for my daughter, but for the other 150 recipients as well.

As soon as I entered the auditorium I spotted my dear friend Yvonne. We were into about… Read more…

I can’t believe it either…and I’ve said it several times myself already:

Where did 2011 go?

It seems like it came and went so fast.  And while I could reflect on all the things that didn’t happen this year — the relationship and business deals that went terribly wrong –  in spite of the bad stuff, this has been one… Read more…

Letting go of things can be difficult. Well — at least it has been for me over the years.

I’m certain that being a victim of sexual abuse played a great role in my learning to “hold things in”…leading me to “hold on” to them. (Which you and I already know is SO unhealthy!) I had learned to hide my… Read more…

Lots of people wonder how the idea of Hope Magazine originally came to be. When I started it in its print form in 2005, I originally planned to design a newsletter for a group of 300 women. That was what felt comfortable for me – but I soon realized that wasn’t what God was telling me to do. He was… Read more…