Meet Me On the Slopes: Reconnecting in Nature

Meet Me On the Slopes: Reconnecting in Nature

When a soldier returns home wounded–grappling with PTS and plagued by nightmares–he may struggle to feel connected to his wife. Married couples who have been close for years, even decades, who are used to trading secrets and sharing life-altering experiences, suddenly feel like they are from different planets...

Talking to a Wounded Warrior's Spouse: Three Things to Say, and Three to Avoid

Talking to a Wounded Warrior's Spouse: Three Things to Say, and Three to Avoid

Seeing someone else in pain is upsetting and disheartening, but it can also be confusing: How should you react? What should you say? What's the best way to support this person without making her feel worse? Sometimes our apprehension is so strong that we simply withdraw...

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS - Operation Family Caregiver

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS - Operation Family Caregiver

A special meeting to recognize and promote the needs of military and veteran family caregivers. This program will focus on the physical, emotional and financial toll of caregiving and the help that is available to support you and your family...

SPA Day - April 24th

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View Flyer Spa Day!

Sunday April 24th, 2016 11:00AM – 3:00PM

A Day to honor and thank our UNSUNG HEROES, wives of Wounded Warriors.

Spa Day gives women the opportunity to enjoy being a woman, bond with other women going through similar transitions, focus on their own care, and refresh and recharge. Spa Day includes massages, facials, swim & sauna, guest speakers and lunch by the pool.

To place your name in the drawing for a massage or facial simply click http://conta.cc/1NDCVrX to submit your Name, Phone Number and a brief description of your life as a caregiver & what you have found helpful to relax and rejuvenate amidst your challenges. The drawing will be held on March 28th and if chosen you will be informed by phone/email by March 30th.

Lunch is hosted by Hotel Del Coronado

RSVP BY: March 24, 2016

Questions call: 858-268-4432

SPONSORED BY:

Mother, Love, Fighter Sage Foundation

Southern Caregiver Resource Center

 

Women to Watch: Hatshepsut

Women to Watch: Hatshepsut

Living out many of our colors is not new in the history women. One ancient woman who lived out her colors is the Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut (1479 - 1457B.C), whose name means "the Foremost of Noble Women." She had married her half-brother Thutmose II, and upon his death, declared herself Pharaoh, though he had a son by a lesser wife whose legacy should have been to immediately become King, with his mother as his advisor until he was older...

Women to Watch: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Women to Watch: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

American activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton was certainly a warrior and a sage as well as a mother and lover. Married with seven children, she spoke in 1848 at the first convention on women's rights organized by women, The Seneca Falls Convention, named for where it was held in Seneca Falls, New York. There, she presented a document for which she was a principal author: The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions...

Women to Watch: Susan B. Anthony: Teacher, Lecturer, Author Activist

Women to Watch: Susan B. Anthony: Teacher, Lecturer, Author Activist

With all the news coverage of women's rights being taken away I thought it's good to be reminded of the women who fought for our right to vote. Lets not take our right to vote for granite. Women in our past fought hard for our civil rights...

Inspirational Women: Helen Keller

Helen Keller was the first person that was both deaf and blind to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, which she received from Radcliffe College in 1904. The story of her journey and her struggles, as she battled to break free from the isolation of her world and into a world where she was able to communicate, was told through the well-known play and film The Miracle Worker...

WOMEN TO WATCH: 61-Year-Old Beauty Queen and Senior Model Shapes Up Spiritually

WOMEN TO WATCH:  61-Year-Old Beauty Queen and Senior Model Shapes Up Spiritually

guest blog by Brenda Clevenger

I LOVE the collaborative process with other fabulous women!

Thank you, Brenda, for allowing me to share this inspiring story with my readers.


Andra Sayner, a senior model, tells the truth but her age lies. At 61 she looks at least a decade younger. Yet she’s the mother of a 42-year old son and two step-children...