Smile:) and expect nothing :)

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

Alice Walker

a week for several smiles:)

The window to my soul:)
it is sometimes sunny:)
it is sometimes foggy, but it always has light that shines in;)
some of the light that I saw this week:)

the true smile:)

today was full of work, but it was also full of smiles:)


A smile costs nothing but gives much. It enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich or mighty that he cannot get along without it and none is so poor that he cannot be made rich by it. Yet a smile cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away. Some people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give. ~Author Unknown

to achieve is to dream:)

ANAIS NIN:
Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.


ANAIS NIN:
The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.


ANAIS NIN:
Dreams are necessary to life.


ANATOLE FRANCE:
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.


CARL JUNG:
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.


CARL SANDBURG:
Nothing happens unless first a dream.

1 Cor 13:13:)

today's Quote is awesome, it was perfect , because it really told the story of the weekend;)
the retreat was a rebirth, yes we did what the spirit lead us to do and we feel great :)
ok tired, but full of the spirit:) we had 13 kids show up out of 15 and yes it was a holiday weekend and yes it was not mandatory, they are now the peer ministry team,
God is Good all the time:)
the journey has begun and we are off and running,
God allows you to pick up the bible and reinvent the plan
amen:)


Never quit

The only way to lose is to quit. As long as you continue to make the effort, you have not lost.
Everyone experiences setbacks. However, those who achieve the most experience the most setbacks because they persist as long as it takes to reach each goal.

Does it ever seem that you are blocked in every direction? That's the time to get creative, become more flexible, and open yourself to the possibilities that are most certainly there.

Sometimes when you get stuck in a rut, the rut can suddenly and unexpectedly run out. What a great opportunity that can be for you to climb out of that rut, look around, and see all the valuable things you've been missing.

Never quit. Use each setback, each disappointment, and each success, as a cue to push on ahead with more determination than ever before.

Never quit, and you will create the life you choose.

-- Ralph Marston

Smilemaker is Spreading the love;0

This song will change you, so I want to share it with you
enjoy your weekend:)

a Jesus hug:)

This verse is used most of the time during a wedding:) well at least I did, for both of my weddings , in 1982 and in 2002 twenty years later:)


we hope to use it again soon:) more info to come soon on this:)


Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part; but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love."
- 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Smilemaker @ Georgetown 2008

words are not needed :)

my life is school again:)

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow: Helen Keller

it always amazes me how someone who is blind and deaf can have such great quotes

I am blessed to have been in the sunshine all weekend:)

now I am finally sitting for the first time in a few days, but it is in a biology class for the next 4 hours, yes you read right,
I pray that I do not fall asleep, or worst get caught blogging:)

I hope to have photos for the next blog and stories to tell, but for now enjoy the sunshine and feel the warmth of God

Smilemaker is looking at the rain:)

Live simply. Love generously.
Care deeply. Speak kindly.
Leave the rest to God.

am I making you smile today:)

Faith + works = true faith walk:)

smilemaker jersey reflects with Ralph:)

A reflection of what you think

The world you see is a reflection of what you think of it. The values by which you live are continually coming back to you.
Your life embodies those ideas to which you give your complete and persistent attention. A life sincerely focused upon peace and happiness is a life filled with peace and happiness.

Whatever you support with your actions and thoughts, you experience in the moments and days of your life. Whether desire or fear, curiosity or obsession, your thoughts pull you steadfastly toward your reality.

You are, right now, busy becoming the person you think you will become. Today, already and always, you are living the life you most authentically expect to live.

The simple act of intentionally deciding upon a destination will point you solidly in that direction. A small adjustment in your attitude can make a major difference in your world.

Anything is possible. What actually happens in your life is an accurate reflection of how you see yourself living it.

-- Ralph Marston

The day is here

Do you ever feel as if the day arrives and you have already spend it? the feeling of too much to do and not enough hours, well that seems the case the last few days for me, but one thing is certain, I have love the weather and the sunsets, I am blessed to have the opportunity to slow down enough in my tracks to enjoy the blessings:)
below I am inspired by others, especially my children:) they continue to dream and make the dreams come true:)


“All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.”
Brian Tracy


You are, right now, busy becoming the person you think you will become. Today, already and always, you are living the life you most authentically expect to live.

The simple act of intentionally deciding upon a destination will point you solidly in that direction. A small adjustment in your attitude can make a major difference in your world.

Anything is possible. What actually happens in your life is an accurate reflection of how you see yourself living it.

-- Ralph Marston

Graduation 2008 ASU

“All our dreams can come true...if we have the courage to pursue them.”
Walt Disney

if you ever feel defeated, take a step back and smile, because when you do you can dream, and when you dream many things are possible:) I thank God for giving me a swift kick and allowing me the opportunity to start over and moving forward :)

You can choose to be happy or you can choose to be miserable. Which would you rather be?
You can choose to make productive and purposeful use of the moments in this day. Or you can choose to let the time slip away and be left with nothing but regret.

Life is what you decide you are going to make of it. What have you decided to make of the possibility-filled moment that is right now?

You can complain that it's all so very unfair, but all that will accomplish is to bring you down even more. Or, you can fully accept life as it is and then experience the genuine satisfaction of making your way forward in spite of the obstacles.

You can choose to hide behind excuses or you can open yourself up to the richness of life. You can decide to make the most of whatever comes your way, and know how great it feels to be fully alive and engaged in your world.

No matter what has come before, life in this moment is what you decide to make it. Consider all the possibilities, and then choose the life that is you.

-- Ralph Marston

Smilemaker is ready for a big smile:)

Happy Birthday for Son # 2 today he is 22, he was born on a Mother's day , the best gift ever:)
I will get to see him next week can't wait to have some good family time :)








Graduation Prayer

Father,
I have knowledge, so will You show me now,
How to use it wisely and find a way somehow
To make the world I live in a little better place,
And make life with its problems a little bit easier to face.
Grant me faith and courage and put purpose in my days,
And show me how to serve Thee in effective ways.
So my education, my knowledge and my skill
May find their ture fulfillment as I learn to do Thy will.
And may I ever be aware in everything I do,
That knowledge comes from learning, and wisdom comes from You.
Amen.

Smilemaker has her grades:)

so the grades are in and I have to say that taking 4 classes was not easy but now the fact that I was able to receive A's and one B , is a great gift, Thank God for the persistence he blessed me with this semester:)


the fat lady is warming up:) :)









Genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration: Thomas Edison

I don't sing a song unless I feel it...... I have to believe in what I'm doing: Ray Charles

Make voyages. attempt them. There's nothing else

Smilemaker is almost ready to smile again:)

“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“I hope your dreams take you... to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your hopes, to the windows of your opportunities, and to the most special places your heart has ever known.”

smilemaker is almost ready:)

The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to it.”
Mack R. Douglas


“If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.”
William Arthur Ward

my smile is getting bolder:)

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
Theodore Roosevelt

my smile is getting bigger this week:)

I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again”
Mark Twain

smile maker is just two exams away:)

you can do anything you set your mind to when you have vision, determination and an endless supply of expendable labor


If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.”
J. M. Power

smile again

son #2 sends his mom a new smile
one day this will be me

Son # 2 gets award:)

He did not go to the award evening, he felt he needed to go to work and make some cash since in less than two weeks he will graduate:) little did he know that this award was at hand:)
Congrats to the star:) ok he is part of the ensemble, but it is a start:)





Last night, The Helen Hayes Awards, Washington theatre’s most glamorous evening, was presented before a sold-out audience at the Warner Theatre.

Synetic Theatre’s production of Macbeth was the evening’s most honored play, winning five of the companies’ six awards, including Outstanding Resident Play, Director (Paata Tsikurishvili), Choreographer (Irina Tsikurishvili) and Ensemble.

Written by William Shakespeare. Adapted by Nathan Weinberger and Paata Tsikurishvili. Directed by Paata Tsikurishvili. Choreography by Irina Tsikurishvili. Original Music composed by Konstantine Lorkipanidze. Design: Anastasia Ryurikov Simes (set, costumes, properties) Colin K Bills (lights) Irakli Kavsadze and Paata Tsikurishvili (sound) Stan Barouh (photography). Cast: Miles Butler, Ben Cunis, Kyle Fitzpatrick, Philip Fletcher, Meghan Grady, Katherine E. Hill, Dan Istrate, Niki Jacobsen, Irakli Kavsadze, Irina Kavsadze, Courtney Pauroso, Salma Qarnain, Armand Sindoni, Irina Tsikurishvili, Michael Way, Andrew Zox.




Always, always, always there are rich rewards waiting for those who can produce and provide real value to life. That is even more acutely true in times of turmoil and uncertainty.

You have so very much to offer, for you are smart, experienced, adaptable, curious, open-minded and willing to make a positive difference. So by all means, get busy making your own unique contribution to life with every opportunity that comes your way.

This is your time to shine more brightly than ever before. Greet this day, and every day, with the unsurpassed enthusiasm of knowing what a truly grand opportunity is now in your hands.

-- Ralph Marston

smile and smile

enjoy the moment and take a deep breath:)
R. D. Clyde:
Getting things done is not always what is most important.
There is value in allowing others to learn,
even if the task is not accomplished as quickly, efficiently or effectively.

peace to all

May you have warmth in your igloo, oil in your lamp and peace in your heart: eskimo proverb

smilemaker keeps a smile on the face:)

Behind every shadow of life is the great light of God.

Paramahansa Yogananda

Commitment + Time = Success

“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Benjamin Franklin

the smile gets bigger:)

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.”
Mario Andretti

A job well done

Nothing can compare to the satisfaction you receive from a job well done. When the problems have been solved and the difficult tasks have been completed, you know without a doubt that you've created something of real value.
Any difficult challenge can seem a bit overwhelming when you first encounter it. Yet as you begin to work on it, you transform it from overwhelming to fulfilling. ( physical science and Humanities)

The confidence you gain from a job well done cannot be obtained in any other way. And that confidence will still be with you long after the work has been completed.

The real value of accomplishment is not in the having. It is in the doing.

Success is a state of mind, and the most reliable way to reach that state of mind is by working through a meaningful challenge. What a blessing it is that there is always work to be done.

Step willingly forward and take on those tasks that you know will make a difference. And enjoy the continuing benefits that flow from a job well done.

-- Ralph Marston

still committed:)

If you're committed to a vision you will do anything to achieve it

Smilemaker is committed :)

a few years ago I was busy, but with things that were not really full of faith and the future, yes I was working in the church but I was caught up in the system, now I am free of the system and have discovered my real faith and am committed to what God's plan is:) and yes only a few days to go and I will graduate from college, I still cannot believe it; God's plan was to show me the real face of faith and to do that I had to be alone and abandoned by many but not by him or my family and a friend thanks QBF:) and now my commitment is to Him first, and then to myself, because with out him I have nothing and without finding my true self everything else suffers. so re evaluate and do the best thing for your family:) find yourself and give them a great gift, the gift of an educated , faithful woman:)

Choose your commitments

You won't be able to commit to anything if you try to commit to everything. Be willing to say no to the things that are not really important, and you'll be able to say yes, in a big way, to those things that are most meaningful.
A few, carefully selected, quality commitments will bring much more value to your life than a whole calendar full of shallow, relatively meaningless ones. The depth and meaning of life's experiences matter more than the sheer volume of them.

Just because you're busy doesn't necessarily mean you're making real progress. Take some time to consider just where all that activity is taking you.

Life is filled with all sorts of wonderful opportunities for real fulfillment. There's no need to grab at everything that happens to come by.

Every single day is precious and unique. Spend each day moving life forward in a personally meaningful way.

Choose your commitments with care and grace, with love and purpose. Then you can truly know the joy of giving yourself fully to them.

-- Ralph Marston

:) :) :)

the weak can never forgive
Forgiveness is the attribute of the Strong:)
Mahatma Ghandi:)

I AM THE STRONGEST PERSON ALIVE:):):):)

Smilemaker loves the ride

it amazes me when you receive a sudden blessings
the guest I am entertaining this week , have blest me more than I could ever had imagine:) God's plan is evident when your present connects your pass and both walk hand in hand:)

Help your neighbor's boat across, and lo! your own has reached the shore.



Hindu proverb

daily things that make me smile:)

What you imagine

Have you ever thought about what a powerful, flexible and creative thing your imagination is?

With your imagination, you can create whole worlds that have never existed before.
What's even more amazing is this. The creations of your imagination are not confined to your imagination.

There are absolutely no limits to what you can imagine. And much of what you imagine works its way into the rest of your life.

You can completely control your powerful imagination simply by choosing to do so. Imagine the very best for your world in rich detail and intensity, and the things you imagine begin to grow in the reality of your life.

For your imagination reaches beyond your thoughts and your mind. Its transforming power comes from the fact that it is connected to all you are.

Life becomes the way you most sincerely and consistently imagine it to be. What do you dare to imagine?

-- Ralph Marston

sunshine smile

somedays we are going so fast that we miss it:)
a few days ago me and Mickey were just driving and we saw an amazing sun beam
she captured the moment on her phone
just wanted to share the sunshine in my life:)

smile today and remember to smile some more:)

fast and fast today:) traveling about 500 miles and then back again in a few days, I better have good music to help me along:)


Even if our efforts of attention seem for years to be producing no result,

one day a light that is in exact proportion to them will flood the soul.

a smile for smilemaker jersey;)))))

It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper. ~Errol Flynn

I am aware of whispers and stories which have been around for a while about many things:) but I enjoy watching the people who have told them squirm and avoid eye contact because they fear that I will try to speak to them:) God is good because he allows me to see them while they are alone and powerless, the power they lack is that the stories are not true:)))))) and they know they have spread untruths:))

fear does have a color it's the white lie:)))

Smilemaker wants a moment

This moment is what it is
Choose to accept all that comes your way and in it you will find great value. Resist the urge to impose your judgment on the people, places, things and events that surround you, and you'll connect with many more possibilities.
To make the very best of any situation, you must first acknowledge and accept the reality of what it is. That provides you with a valuable starting point from which you can move in any direction you choose.

To deny or to fight against what has already happened will merely waste your energy and resources. To wish that things had been different, or to pretend that they are, will do you no good.

Instead, visualize what can be in all the richness and detail that you can imagine. Then find a step you can take right now that will lead you in the direction of your dream.

Losers argue about what has happened and who is at fault, and put their energy into resentment for what is. Winners choose the life they wish to create, and find a way to move toward it from any situation.

This moment is here and now, and this moment is what it is. Accept it fully, with enthusiasm and gratitude, and take a big step in the direction of your dream.

-- Ralph Marston

Smilemaker is reaching a goal soon:)

Have a goal
When you're not headed in any particular direction, that's where you'll end up arriving -- nowhere. When you have no specific goal in mind, that's what you'll end up accomplishing -- not much.
Sometimes it can be truly helpful and enlightening to wander without a clear destination and to explore new territory. Yet if that's all you ever do, all that enlightenment will never be put to use.

When you give yourself a clear, specific goal, your actions take on the power of purpose. That can help to make you more creative, resourceful, persistent and effective.

Set a couple of goals for today, and you become far more likely to get those things done. Powerful forces, some of which you may not even realize or understand, are set in motion by your intentions.

Before you start to move forward, decide for yourself exactly what it means to move forward. Before you begin to take action, be sure you know the reason for that action.

You'll accomplish much more when you clearly know what you intend to accomplish. Get a goal, and you'll make it happen.

-- Ralph Marston

Smilemaker is fearless:)

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.


Rabindranath Tagore

TEC Friend

I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women.
Ruth Benedict


a strong women who made us sit up and take notice, she would say what many would want to , but were afraid to , she taught me to stand up for what you believe in even when it seemed like a fruitless fight.
she will be missed, pray that one day we will meet our TEC friend in heaven .
TEC 1, 2, 3, she attended all of these and we remember her today.

always trust yourself:)

sometimes things just sound right to you and not to anyone else, this is a great example to always trust yourself:)

smile at excellence:)

“Excellence can be obtained if you:

...care more than others think is wise;

...risk more than others think is safe;

...dream more than others think is practical;

...expect more than others think is possible.”

Smile and remember to share it :)

The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?



Dorothy Day

smile & enjoy the journey

I have said it before,
remember to enjoy the journey, we get so caught up in the trip that we forget to look around. take a moment today to realize how far you have come. and all the great things accomplished. that will surely make you smile and realize that the road ahead is less than the one behind.

DALE CARNEGIE:
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.


FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT:
I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.

smile and enjoy

boy #3 has written a play in one act (a class assigment) just imagine what it's about:) I will fill you in on his reviews:)

“Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world”
Maria Montessori

Smilemaker's enjoys the rush:)

If the past is unredeemable, and the future unpredictable, what more practical course is open than to safeguard the present by constant rememberance of the divine?



Paul Brunton

Smilemaker's personal credo 2008

In one of my classes I had to write a personal Credo as an assignment so I want to share it with you:)


Personal Credo:
The rainbow is not just a path to gold, but the colorful expression of the joy in the journey.


Rainbows are optical and meteorological phenomena that cause a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere. They take the form of a multicoloured arc, with red on the outer part of the arch and violet on the inner section of the arch. More rarely, a secondary rainbow is seen, which is a second, fainter arc, outside the primary arc, with colours in the opposite order, that is, with violet on the outside and red on the inside.

if you have time and what to laugh, watch this rainbow remix, it will make you laugh:

smilemaker needs a smile;)

“Your greatness is measured by your kindness; your education and intellect by your modesty; your ignorance is betrayed by your suspicions and prejudices, and your real caliber is measured by the consideration and tolerance you have for others.”
William J. H. Boetcker

too much to do and not enough time:) if you have been following my journey, it has been to say the least interesting, I am approaching a fork in the road and am excited about the future:)



HAPPY BIRTHDAY SON # 3 HE IS THE MUSIC TO OUR SONGS:)

smilemaker has a smile about the road :)

Every minute you spend in your life is either spent bringing you closer to your goals or moving you away from your goals.


Everywhere you look, there are small ways for you to make a positive difference. String enough of them together, and absolutely anything is within your reach.

-- Ralph Marston

He is risen:) 2008

let go of your cross:)

have you been carrying a cross lately? it is time to let go of it? let him take it from you , you have three days to release it and enjoy in the blessings of the ressurection.




WHAT IS THE TRIDUUM?

The most solemn and joyful celebration of the Christian calendar is the period from Maundy Thursday through Holy Saturday. Worship on these days or evenings are traditionally considered to be parts of an unbroken liturgical service called the Triduum (Latin for "Three Days"). In the earliest days of the Christian church, the events we commemorate in the Triduum were celebrated in one day and night's continuous worship service called the Pascha (from the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew word for "Passover").

smilemaker joy:)

Smilemaker:) get ready the biggest week ever for prayer:)

my strong women 40 days are over:) we all need to take just one aspect of some of them and we will reach our smiles: right now read and enjoy the moment for what it is:)

A burden you don't deserve

It's easy to blame someone else for your troubles. Yet when you're truly honest with yourself, it's clear that blaming someone else will not add the slightest bit of value to your life.
It seems fair and reasonable to expect your problems to be solved by the people who caused them, but stop and think about it. Do you really wish to give those people who caused your problems any additional control over your life and your future?

To move your life in the direction you choose to go, you must be willing to take full responsibility for it. That means moving past what's easy and accepting that things are not always going to be fair.

Perhaps life has given you a burden you don't deserve. Instead of seeing that as an excuse to give up, see it as an opportunity to give more.

Though you may not have brought the troubles upon yourself, you can nevertheless make positive use of them. Choose to take full responsibility for your own situation, and you'll begin to see how you can rise from it to a level that's higher than ever before.

Real success does not result from everything going perfectly. Real success comes when you're willing to move forward no matter what may happen.

-- Ralph Marston

a big smilemaker moment:)

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent"- Elenor Roosevelt ...
Anna) Eleanor Roosevelt
October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962
American

She was an American political leader who used her stature as First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 to promote her husband's (Franklin D. Roosevelt's) New Deal, as well as Civil Rights. She was the most activist First Lady the country had ever seen. After her husband's death in 1945 she built a career as an author-speaker, a New Deal Coalition advocate and spokesperson for human rights. She was a suffragist who worked hard to enhance the status of working women, opposing the Equal Rights Amendment) because it would hurt them. In the late 1940s she became a leader in supporting the United Nations, the United Nations Association and Freedom House. She was appointed by President Truman to the United States Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly, a position she held until 1953. She was chairman of the Human Rights Commission during the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted by the General Assembly on December 10, 1948. President Harry S. Truman called her the First Lady of the World in honor of her extensive human rights promotions.

My two favorite salseros:)

India and Marc sang together years ago, check out his hair:) also , she is a BA smokes cigars like my Granny and I just love a BA women, I am growing into one each day and love it:)





La India (born Linda Viera Caballero on March 9, 1970) is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-nominated noted singer of salsa also known as the "Princess of Salsa".

Smilemaker is proud of her homegirl:)

Sila María Calderón Serra (born September 23, 1942) was the seventh Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005. She is the first and to date only woman ever elected to that office. Prior to being Governor, Calderón held various positions in the Government of Puerto Rico, including Secretary of State and Chief of Staff. She was also Mayor of San Juan, the Capital of Puerto Rico.

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”
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Anna Quindlen

Is there a female doctor in the house?

1832 Elizabeth Blackwell receives her M.D. degree from the Medical Institution of Geneva, N.Y., becoming the first woman in the U.S. with a medical degree.

The art of medicine is in amusing a patient while nature affects the cure."
Voltaire

this is the real holy Teresa of Avila:)

If this is the way you treat your friends, it's no wonder you have so few!”

St. Teresa of Avila quotes (Spanish Nun, Mystic and Writer, 1515-1582)


“Let nothing disturb thee, nothing affright thee; all things are passing; God never changeth.”
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St. Teresa of Avila quotes (Spanish Nun, Mystic and Writer, 1515-1582)



“We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can / namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.”
St. Teresa of Avila quotes (Spanish Nun, Mystic and Writer, 1515-1582)




“Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.”
St. Teresa of Avila quotes (Spanish Nun, Mystic and Writer, 1515-1582)



“How is it, Lord, that we are cowards in everything save in opposing Thee?”

St. Teresa of Avila quotes

Thank you Patsy:)

Patsy Sherman was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1930. After college graduation, she joined 3M as a research chemist and was assigned to work on fluorochemical polymers. Patsy Sherman was one of very few women chemists to work for a major corporation when she was hired by 3M in 1952. Her work was an essential part of the introduction of 3M’s first stain repellent and soil release textile treatments which have grown into an entire family of products known as Scotchgard ® protectors.

If you think things can't get worse it's probably only because you lack sufficient imagination.

I love Westside;)

They made me use an accent, which I wasn't thrilled about because a lot of us, obviously, don't have them.”
Rita Moreno quote

Rita Moreno (born December 11, 1931) is a singer, dancer and an Academy Award-winning actress and the first female and only Puerto Rican actress in history to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award.[

a real smile:)

Beware if you are judgemental and super religious do not read today's motivational women:)
but remember we will all be in heaven together:)






Candis Cayne is an American actress and transsexual performer best known for her appearances in the New York City club scene.[1] Nationally, she appeared in the independent films Wigstock: The Movie, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar and Stonewall. As of October 2007 she plays transgender mistress Carmelita on ABC's primetime soap Dirty Sexy Money making her the first transsexual to play a transsexual in prime time.

Conceal me what I am, and be my aid For such disguise as haply shall become The form of my intent.
V from V for Vendetta

You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.
Gordon Deitrich from V for Vendetta

When I grow up:)

Esmeralda attended the University Harvard on a full scholarship. She graduated from Harvard in 1976. After studying film production Esmeralda and her husband Cantor started a film and media production know as cantomedia. Cantomedia has won many awards for excellence in documentary filmmaking.

She also found time to write some great books, one of my favorite: When I was Puerto Rican
When I grow up I want to be like her.

Smilemaker loves Hearts at home:)

Jill Savage is an author and speaker who is passionate about encouraging families. She is the founder and executive director of Hearts at Home, an organization designed to encourage and educate women in the profession of motherhood.

Hannah Solomon :)

Solomon was not only the celebrated founder of the National Council of Jewish Women, but also an important force for reform in turn-of-the-century Chicago. Her work grew out of her sense that "woman's sphere is the whole wide world." But at the same time she believed a woman's primary responsibility was to her family. For Solomon, there was no more powerful role than that of the Jewish mother.

Above all, Solomon's commitment and energy were legendary. As one sister quipped, "We know that it is useless to attempt to stop you in your mad career, that ere the winter has passed, the only field of your activity will be a spot marked by a marble slab bearing the inscription, 'Gone to another meeting. Locality uncertain. Return indefinite!'"

Smilmemaker's smile for the day:)

As an artist with Hallmark™ since 1970, John Wagner created Maxine in 1986 as a new character line for the Shoebox Greetings™ card division. He created a brazen older woman with a stooped back, a mop of curly gray hair and abrasive personality. Wagner's mom, grandmother and unmarried aunts provided inspiration for the comic creation. Maxine took on an individuality of her own, taking sheer delight in making high-spirited, crabby remarks about almost everything. Though she was truly funny, the character had the staff at Hallmark™ concerned. and after so many years who is still around:)


I have a one-step program for dealing with stress. Well, one step and a kick to be exact.
-Caffine is for people who feel they aren't irritable enough on their own.
-The greatest thing about cordless phones is instead of hanging them up on people, you can just throw them.
-Sometimes the days just fly by--except for the day when you have to wait for the cable guy.
-My idea of a high-stress job is any job where you have to work with other people.
-Found something at the swimsuit shop I was really comfortable in. The dressing room.

She makes me smile:)

Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedian, radio host, TV personality, game show host, and author.
She is one of only ten individuals who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award, counting Daytime Emmy Awards. She is the second African American female performer to win an Academy Award for acting (the first being Hattie McDaniel). She has won two Golden Globe Awards and two Saturn Awards for her performances in Star Trek Generations and Ghost.


“We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.”
wolfdyke
Whoopi Goldberg

she is a strong woman

Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama (center)
Born January 17, 1964 (age 44)
Chicago, Illinois
Residence Chicago, Illinois, United States
Education A.B. in sociology (Princeton University) cum laude
JD (Harvard Law School)
Occupation Vice President for Community and External Affairs at University of Chicago Hospitals
Religious beliefs Christian
Spouse Barack Obama (1992–present)
Children Malia and Sasha
Parents Frasier Robinson and Marian Robinson
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964)[1] is an American lawyer and the wife of Illinois senator Barack Obama, who is a candidate for the 2008 Democratic Party nomination for United States President. She was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois and then educated at Princeton University and Harvard Law School.

hotlantic mayor:)

Shirley Clarke Franklin (born May 10, 1945) is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and, since January 7, 2002, the mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, a nonpartisan office. The 58th mayor of Atlanta, she was the first female to hold the post and became the first black woman to be elected mayor of any major Southern city.[1] Franklin is the fourth black mayor of Atlanta, the latest in a line of African American mayors that stretches back to 1974

this quote reminds me of Shirley:

just do what must be done. this may not be happiness,but it is greatness: bernard shaw