r’s note: Makeover Mondays returns with a guest post from my friend and co-worker, Abbe. She shares how she gave the “girls” a lift. “FAY!!! FAY!!!!” A brusque woman with a big, blond bouffant was in a panic. A $36 dollar receipt laid face up on a counter at a high-end lingerie shop. Apparently, a five-foot…
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Words and thoughts from Rachée
My path to owning my awesome at work began when I was returning books to my library. I was going through an awful separation, and needed to be doing something more than sitting home feeling sorry for myself. I saw the notice for a circulation clerk, and it seemed like the perfect job for me. I interviewed and accepted the…
Last weekend I attended a party with Effin Guy and my sister. When Effin Guy and I arrived I immediately felt like I didn’t belong; aside from my sister and myself there were one I was the only other minority. I cannot say why I felt so uncomfortable; perhaps it was being out of my element at the party. (I…
This year I will be forty and lately that feeling of being invincible and unbreakable has been fleeting. It’s not that I have a fear of getting older; I look forward to embracing the best years of my life. However I am a bit concerned that the body in which I have been giving casual thoughts to care, will need…
A few weeks ago I attended a training provided the Department of Justice for training on how to conduct a community dialog on race. The training just happened to occur right after the Trayvon Martin verdict and as I was also addressing some personal issues in my life having to do with race. Our facilitator for the training, Knight Sor,…