1 John 1:19 – Discussion Topic:  Understanding God’s love through silence 

At age 65 I got a second chance because of my tools for life through my Women of True Grit Brand that began 20 years ago Brig General Wilma Vaught (Women’s Memorial, FedEx global women and then to do this last piece of Edie Hand’s Women of True Grit to give more women voices through books, TV, Radio, Podcasts, and social media. Helping others not feel alone with life challenges this season has brought new passions and working with HS Teens, to college young people to community leaders. 

Become it better listeners. I found all the women I interview have in common is their Faith. 

2nd Corinthians 5:17 - We stop evaluating others and once you become a Christian you become a new person the old life is gone and a new one begins.

I trusted someone with my work retirement funds and it was a bad choice.

I may have lost a lot of money but I did not lose my tools. 

We grieve but as a Christian you can move on.

At 4:07 on this particular morning I got a call from a young attorney and she left a stirring message of how I was not myself at lunch and God would not let her rest 

So, she wanted to share a story about Girls with Swords.  Just so happened (tell story of my sword) the bad choice turned my hard thing into a tool to find a more beautiful outcome in my life.

Discussion Topic: bad choices 

Psalms 145:21 I will Praise the Lord, and everyone on earth will bless his holy name forever and forever

 Discussion Topic: Edie’s Phyllis Diller Stories – Love with Acts of Kindness  

James 1:15 – 17.   These evil desires lead to evil actions and evil actions lead to death.

So do not be misled, my dear brothers and sisters.  What ever is good and perfect comes from God above of all heaven’s lights.

– Discussion Topic – Edie’s Grandmother’s Stories about Manners and 
Rides Through Life about curves and mud holes and the book of the velveteen rabbit 

1 John 5:4-5 For what ever is born of God over comes the world ...our Faith.

Who is he who overcomes the world. But he who believes that Jesus is the son of God.

Mentor in college was a leader to me Gladys Sheppard who’s took me to NY to see the Lion in Winter starring Katherine Hepburn …. I knew great leaders and extraordinary talents was not enough, it was on our relationships with others. In our personal lives and our spiritual lives.

Mark 11:25 and whenever you stand praying. If you have anything against anyone, forgive home, that your father in heaven may also forgive you.

Circle of trust gets smaller as we age. 

Philippians 4:19

And my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

My son Linc is a working actor in LA but he gets a lot of no’s before he gets a yes.

His tool is discipline of the mind in fitness, what he eats and his walking through fears to have the courage to believe his next big gig is coming. A form of Faith in who we are…...You are your business. 

Psalms 90:12 Teach us to make the most of our time so we can grow in Wisdom.

   Edie’s story about the Blackburn Boys - 
                               Discussion: Lessons from love 
Learned laughter, seize moments and Courage 

Grandma Alice wisdom of the Pearls helps me to detach and then learn to let go ….

Psalms 62: 5 through 8

Read from my Bible 

You see we need the sword at all times because the demons come for our mind. For me since I would never have thought I would be alone at this season to say I am not needed or strong enough to keep going I never thought I would survive 4 different cancers but I see I matter to share women’s and girls’ voices through my works. 

My tool is self talk and reading God’s word.

Be a warrior like Debora in the Bible (read paragraph)

Lift your sword up. Put your pearls on; know you got these Pearls of Hope to form your unique life of purpose.

Define PEARL:  P -Person, E-Eternally, A-Altered by God, R-redeem, L-love   - Discussion: think about what love and forgiveness has accomplished for you…

Remember you can not control life’s events but you can control how you respond to them and know you too can-do hard things. 

Thank you. 

The color of a gorgeous tropical ocean: mind, body and spiritual wellness is all about practicing self-care and care to unplug, rest, value nature, exercise, eat well, hydrate, socially and spiritually engage.