Nicole Ayers – The Love Notes Collection
Her mother and father were just high school students when they got pregnant with her. They felt like they “had to” get married. The marriage didn’t last. Now Nicole C. Ayers is herself a mom [...]
Lucy Lustig – Creative, Artistic, Caring, Giving, Bold and Brave
Lucy Lustig wasn’t feeling well. But she was still up for a talk. She knew we didn’t have much time. She was dying. Hospice had been called in. She spends most of her days in [...]
Pink Mentor Network – From Thought-Leader, Stacy Cassio
Stacy Cassio grew up in a tiny town in northwest Kansas, halfway between Kansas City and Denver. After graduating high school with 26 others (including four foreign exchange students) she decided to forego college to [...]
E’beth Watson – Whitewater Pioneer
Her two daughters have never heard some of these stories. She doesn’t talk about them much. But my cousin E’beth was something of a whitewater pioneer. Gen Z’ers may find it hard to believe there [...]
Miz Gloria is the Embodiment of Hospitality
Once upon a time, folk talked to one another. No texts. No voicemails. No phone trees with endless options to “Press one if you’d like to…” At the Doubletree Hotel in SouthPark, for a quarter [...]
Sally’s Park Road Books – The Only Indy Bookstore In A City Of A Million!
Sally sells books. No, not by the seashore. In Charlotte. Sally sells books in the strip shopping center in Charlotte. Let’s hear you say that five times fast! She has sold books there for almost [...]
Amy Geller – The Healer Who Needed Healing
When I was a kid we were playing detective one day and we were thinking of mysteries to solve. And I said, “I know! We can find our parents.” My buddy Mark looked very confused. [...]
Michelle Chernicoff – A Whole New Appreciation For Cheerleaders
Michelle Chernicoff was really ticked off. You could tell. It was a quote in a national op-ed that really got to her: “Cheerleaders just need to go away.” That was one feminist’s takeaway from #metoo. [...]
Roshanda Pratt – Warmth in the Eyes, Fire in the Belly!
I hadn’t seen Roshanda Pratt since my TV days when executive producer Allison Andrews invited me and Lorraine over to a dinner honoring Ro. We told stories and laughed so hard we almost peed our [...]
Torie Costa Inspired All Who Knew Her
Marnae Costa’s daughter Torie was runway model beautiful, whip smart and fiercely courageous. When she lost her hair during cancer treatments, she still walked the runway rocking her bald head. Marnae was in an intense [...]