tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32173158981566543822024-03-05T14:33:36.310-06:00Healthier, Happier, You!!!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08047144806524705807noreply@blogger.comBlogger1001125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217315898156654382.post-3327771244945856682017-07-04T09:43:00.000-05:002017-07-04T09:43:23.016-05:00Fourth of July 2017<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8tTkHJWxfP0" width="460"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="#" class="feed">subscribe to our feed</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08047144806524705807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217315898156654382.post-63377734764095878782017-06-14T13:44:00.001-05:002017-06-14T13:44:52.039-05:00#WhereIsTheLove #LoveOneAnother #ShowLove Today has really been one of those days. :(<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Good-bye, Obamas ... it was SUCH a pleasure.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="#" class="feed">subscribe to our feed</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08047144806524705807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217315898156654382.post-88098186324842510382017-01-17T21:26:00.002-06:002017-01-17T21:26:38.126-06:00GO CUBS, GO!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JpFyY9i06bM" width="480"></iframe><br />
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The election results side-lined me in a way I have never experienced before. The loss with Al Gore was awful, but the 2016 polarization of American, and really the globe, has left a devastating residual emoting in my life.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Can I just say THE CHICAGO CUBS WON!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The World Series really had me very tied up! AND I'M NOT A CUBS FAN! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was such a picturesque series! I rooted. I laughed. I tried to ignore it. I teased my Cubs Fan son and boyfriend, but once the Dodgers were the team to beat I was ALL IN! I hate the Dodgers and always have! Chicago versus LA is a no-brainer!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After Cubbies won that series, well, I was a Cubs Fan!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yes, I raised my boys in Wrigleyville until they were in pre-school so ... we have knowledge of being Northsiders. In all honesty, it was Cub Fan behavior that really turned me against the team! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I lived in the heart of Wrigley just before the Night Games became a fiasco. I lived in a duplex in Boystown and had to survive Fans peeing in my garden, leaving urine in SOLO cups around my garden, vomiting in my garden and being total asses every, single game.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Having been born and raised a Southsider, being a White Sox Fan is simply part of the deal ... so, I was really new to that behavior! Sorry, but Sox Fans are just SO different! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Once I moved back South in my early 30's, I started going back to Sox Games and really loving the sport all over again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To my dismay, my youngest turned on me once he started high school and ... well ... we had quite the rivalry. BUT when it comes to THE WORLD SERIES in your home town, you have a choice to make. I could have resisted bandwagoning ... but I have to be true to myself and admit that I became swooped up! They genuinely had me! My co-worker, boyfriend and son are all fans! I was either in it alone or destined to be a bandwagoner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To what degree did I bandwagon? Well, I sent my goat on vacation! I went to 35th and Wallace and bought gear! And while I will not go as far as labeling myself a FAN per se, I truly wanted them to win!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But now it is over. There are roughly <a href="https://days.to/until/mlb-season-opening-day" target="_blank">147 days until White Sox Opening Day 2017</a>! My goat will ba back from vacation later this week and I will be back in <b>Good Guy</b> Gray and Black screaming 'GO WHITE SOX!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Big CONGRATS to Chi Cubbies!!! #GoCubsGo ... Crosstown 2017 will be a LOT more bearable because I have been to the other side now!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was raised by a woman who loathed baseball. Back in the 1950's her step-father commandeered the one television in the house during the summer and fall months, nothing but baseball would air in their house. Growing up, I often heard my mother exclaim "I hate baseball! Turn that off!" and so we would. My father being more of a football/basketball fan, did not argue and so life went on and I never learned very much about baseball. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Enter my youngest son. From the moment he was born, balls intrigued him. Velour, leather, big, small, foot, basket, soccer ... it mattered not. If it was round and moved, my son would become completely engaged. It was a sure way to soothe him in <i>any</i> instance. Teething? Turn on a soccer game. Balls were in abundance in our home, if for any other reason than to appease my youngest child.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">By the time he was able to stand, he had a ball in his possession at all times, even in bed at night. By that time, I was knowledgeable in all sports involving a ball. He was born in 1996 which was a very good year for basketball here in Chicago. Chicago has always made it easy to love ball involved sports.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When he was able to run, he played basketball, then football and finally tackled baseball. I believe he was 7 and the park district we chose was McGuane ... at 29th and Halsted. If you know anything about Chicago, you know that is a stone's throw from Sox Park. The love of all things White Sox seeped into our lives, and my love of baseball began.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My son was a natural, but for some reason, he did not fall in love as much as I did. He played baseball for a few more years, BUT I WAS THE ONE HOOKED. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He was made to sit in April, at Sox Park while I watched my two favorite teams battle in Opening Day Snow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Somewhere along the way, High School probably, my boy became a Cubs fan. He must have been 14 when he asked me to drop him off at Wrigley Field for a game where he was meeting his friends. I gave him hell, wore my Sox gear and yelled ' CUBS SUCK' as he got out of the car, but it has become a little easier throughout the years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">While we celebrated the White Sox World Series win together as Sox fans, the house would thereafter be divided for at least a decade. Whenever he would proclaim that the Cubs were going to the World Series, I would always simply turn to him and scream "RING!", and he would stomp away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then summer 2016 came. He would keep me updated on the Cub wins and my skin didn't crawl. By September, I may or may not have caught a tiny wisp of Cubs fever, but I did not speak it aloud.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When the series came to L.A. Dodgers versus the Cubs, I had to draw a line. I was NEVER a Dodger fan. I had to choose and so CUBBIES it became.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I even bought a hat. With 'Good Guy' black and gray of course. #GOCUBBIES</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2005 was a time when the internet was young. The people on there were real and we all learned so much about each other. 2016 internet is filled with fake, hacking, advertisement hungry, capitalism, but it is still possible to find compassion and to get stories told.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once again, Louisiana is under water. I prayed many a night for my son to develop a love for Louisiana as I did and my prayers were answered. In the summer of 2014, I packed him up and drove him to Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he would attend Louisiana State University ( LSU ). I fell in love with 'the BR' or as he called it 'Da Boot'. Much different then New Orleans, BR is a sleepy, gorgeous, delicious, juicy, green, delectable town. I fell in love with Purple and Gold, Mike the Tiger, Louie's, ACME's, BOTH Walmarts, downtown BR, BLINK, TJ Ribs and so much more! My heart breaks for them, and so, as I did before, I am devoting this blog to bring BR, Gonzales, Donaldson, all of Livingston Parish, Lutcher and anywhere that needs attention, help, love and support.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here are some of my favorite Baton Rouge moments:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Louisiane, I am with you until the bitter end! Bury me there and give me a Second Line no one will forget...</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="#" class="feed">subscribe to our feed</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08047144806524705807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217315898156654382.post-82675911630665125522016-05-03T08:35:00.002-05:002016-05-03T08:35:38.709-05:00PRINCE<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>In honor of the Purple love of my life ~ </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Thank you Sheryl Crow for sharing this with us xxxooo</i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="#" class="feed">subscribe to our feed</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08047144806524705807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217315898156654382.post-82471640415441723092016-04-10T21:48:00.000-05:002016-04-11T10:12:51.118-05:00Ted Talks Art<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yes, I am still 'NOLA-obsessed'. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Meet the wildly talented Ted Ellis. Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana and now residing in Houston, Texas, Ted's art is so very <i>gorgeous</i>. Visit his website and purchase some wonderful art!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>House - As our wonderful President, Barack Obama, exits the Oval Office, describe how awesome it was to have your piece presented in honor of the 2009 Inauguration? How did it come about?</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Ted - </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>I wanted to create a powerful image of the potentially first African-American President that spoke to the embodiment of America. When I completed it, it was on exhibit in Houston and the local media got wind of it, NPR radio, several news stations. I was eventually invited by the (NNPA) and the (NBCC) gala in Washington, DC held at the French Embassy.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Ted - </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Growing up in a musical household and a culturally rich city provided a platform for creative spontaneity and expression, it was a big influencer on my artistic development. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>House - </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Describe New Orleans to someone who has never visited. What pieces reflect the essence of NO?</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Ted - </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>New Orleans, is a friendly city with great charm. It brings the old with the new. A mergence of cultural, culinary and artistic wealth. The music has uniqueness all its own. It is present throughout each ward in every community. I can smell the coffee, hear the music and watch the second line and Indians. Eat some good jambalaya, redbeans and rice with fried chicken. That's part of Naw'lins. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2042970514" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">'<a href="http://www.tellisfineart.com/midnight-stroll/" target="_blank">Midnight</a></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222;"><a href="http://www.tellisfineart.com/midnight-stroll/" target="_blank"> Stroll</a>', '<a href="http://www.tellisfineart.com/congo-square-new-orleans/" target="_blank">Congo Square</a>' and my '<a href="http://www.tellisfineart.com/bourbon-street/" target="_blank">Bourbon Street</a>' paintings provide inspiration and remind me so much of home.</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i>House - </i></b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Tell us about the 'Katrina Collection'?</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Ted - </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>My Katrina series of paintings were to focus on the hope and healing of my birthplace, New Orleans. I began the paintings 3 weeks after the tradegy struck. We were caregivers to family and friends who came to Texas for shelter. "Life Begins Anew" is a very powerful image that illustrates this point.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Ted<span style="color: #500050;"> - </span></b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Service to country, in the U.S. military provided a focus and discipline to pursue my passion in a constructive way, uplifting and enlightening humanity though art.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4 years ago, I had the honor and privilege of being a part of the very first <i>Women Driving Excellence</i> at the 2013 #Chicago #Auto #Show. Created by my two mentors and Chicago's social media mavens, MJ Tam and Beth Rosen of the popular #ChicagonistaLIVE online, streaming talk show, <i>Women Driving Excellence </i>began as a pathway for Chicago Auto Show attendees to mix, mingle and partake in a local, extraordinary ceremony celebrating the women of our community during a special program that recognizes those who exemplify unique vision and talent, fueled by the fire and passion that can be made only in Chicago.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fast-forward 3 years and we are on the eve of #WDE16!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Beginning at 10 am, Tuesday February 16th at the McCormick Place, 108th #Chicago Auto Show, the <i>Women Driving Excellence </i>team will <span style="text-align: justify;">celebrate 5 women by lifting them up through the use of our powerful social networks. We hope this event will inspire all women to continue empowering and engaging other women to do greatness with and for each other. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Tuesday's event will include a full day program honoring and celebrating innovative, entrepreneurial, accomplished, businesswomen in Chicagoland. New this year is the Leading</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><strong style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Women in Tech</strong><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">panel lead by Katy Lynch, CEO at Techweek, with Elisa All Founder & CEO of 30Second Mobile, and Yana Nirshberg of ParadigmNEXT. In addition, there will be a</span><strong style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> GPS Pitch Engine</strong><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Competition built in partnership with Inventorz Network Co-Founder Dhana Cohen and will be judged by Jimmy Lee, CEO of Goodcity Chicago, Dahlia Saper of Saper Law and Debi Lilly of A Perfect Event.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">10:00 a.m.: Jumpstart Your Network – A power hour hosted by Chicago’s top Networkers</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">11:00 a.m.: Honoring Trailblazing Women Presentation emceed by Janet Davies-ABC7 News. This year’s honorees include<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Lisa Madigan</strong>-Illinois Attorney General,<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Marilynn Gardner-</strong>Navy Pier President & CEO,<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Dominique Jordan Turner</strong>– Chicago Scholars President & CEO, <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kathleen Henson</strong>-Henson Consulting Founder & CEO, <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dee Alexander</strong>– Song Stylist</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">1:00 p.m.: Leading Women in Tech sharing their thoughts on trends, collaborating, startups, and how to foster relationships for business growth.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">2:00 p.m.: Join MJ Tam, Beth Rosen,and Nancy Loo host the #ChicagonistaLIVE! Talk Show, Chicago’s first social talk show.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">3:00 p.m.: GPS Pitch Engine Contest 5 aspiring entrepreneurs will make presentations to a panel of experts who are in search for rising businesses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That is SUCH a hard way to function in our food motivated world BUT it is the right way to go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In doing so, you are not controlled by the vast world of food, but can really make choices that are right for you and your loved ones! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Since I wrote those words, I have continued to struggle with my weight, because in the USA, those things go hand in hand, AND I have managed to raise two men who are very conscientious about what they put in their bodies! I have also learned the importance of learning to temper my eating, make healthier choices, and when I can not, decide to take the bad choice and make-up for it later by foregoing, or lessoning ... all in a day's struggle!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">SO HOW EXCITED AM I THAT THE MOST WONDERFUL Food Conference I know about is coming to <b>#Chicago</b> on November 6-7th! I will be learning how to blog better about food, work better for my food-based clients and be a better, more focused ambassador. I CAN'T WAIT!</span><br />
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The lovely thing about woman-hood is that we share so many things. The not so lovely thing about woman-hood is that we often share so many things, but do so in utter secrecy.</div>
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There are many issues I have that are specific to woman-hood that I keep to myself until another gal-pal broaches the subject. In my teens and early twenties, I barely uttered any personal issues to my female friends. At age twenty-eight, in the aftermath of giving birth to my son, I was told I could not leave the hospital without first having a bowel movement. It was then that I began to peel away the unspoken secrets of womanhood. WE ARE ALL WOMEN! If we can share something with another woman to make her life better, than we should do it.</div>
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As I sat there crying to my sister on the phone after birthing my 8 pound son (vaginally), I began to scream at her: "Why didn't you tell me about this?" Where was the shared sisterhood birthing story? Six years prior, I arrived within hours of her giving birth to my beautiful niece (who is also my god daughter). Why didn't she share that the first bowel movement after birth was as bad as giving birth? WHY?!?!?!</div>
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It is our favorite story to laugh at now, 19 years later, but at the time I was really angry that no one, my mother included, shared the details about things women endure to be women.</div>
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As my son grew, my bladder shriveled. I was not medically diagnosed, but sitting through hours of football practice without an adequate restroom was becoming a real issue by the time I was 39. "No, I can not 'take a tree' " became a daily refrain as my son giggled.</div>
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I never spoke about this with my male gynecologist. I really assumed I was simply waiting too long to go the rest room. I began to adopt my mother's "hit every rest room on the way out" and "know where all the clean rest rooms are" as a solid practice by 45.</div>
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When those practices were no longer enough, well, I did what most women do. I started using my menstrual pads as buffers for those times when I just couldn't make it. Have you every tried that? Menstrual pads are not meant to hold urine. They ultimately inflate and jellify. Not cute. So what is a gal to do?</div>
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There are all types of diapers, liners, and pads on the market. The diapers do the trick, but they are bulky, loud, and filled with chemicals.</div>
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Enter <span data-scayt_word="Finess" data-scaytid="1" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif; background-position: 50% 100% !important; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; text-decoration: none !important;"><a href="https://havefiness.com/" target="_blank">Finess</a></span>. <span data-scayt_word="Finess" data-scaytid="2" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif; background-position: 50% 100% !important; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important;">Finess</span> is a great product. It is easy to apply. ( It simply sticks on. ) It is clean, small, easy to carry and easy to dispose of. It is soft. It is easy to hold. It is easy to remove. ( It peels off easier than a band-aid. ) It is odorless. AND BEST OF ALL, <b><i>it works</i></b>.</div>
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As always, please consult your personal physician with any questions you may have regarding your specific circumstances. The website and social media platforms are also available. www.havefiness.com, <span data-scayt_word="@havefiness" data-scaytid="5" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif; background-position: 50% 100% !important; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important;"><a href="https://twitter.com/havefiness?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank">@havefiness</a></span> on twitter, <span data-scayt_word="HaveFiness" data-scaytid="6" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif; background-position: 50% 100% !important; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important;"><a href="https://goo.gl/NxIzi6" target="_blank">HaveFiness</a></span> on <span data-scayt_word="fb" data-scaytid="7" style="background-image: url(data:image/gif; background-position: 50% 100% !important; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important;">fb</span>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was a pleasure receiving <a href="http://www.kandookids.com/" target="_blank">Kandoo</a> <i>moisturizing hand soap</i> and <i>flushable wipes</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The fruity fragrance is pleasant and not overpowering. The wipes are perfect for sticky fingers or bottoms. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They also work very well on grownups and grownup things ( like wiping steering wheels after your 19 year old has driven your car ).</span><br />
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