The Resolute Woman

Author: resolutewoman

  • A little something extra

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    “Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone,” said Charles Schulz. We wish you pleasant moments doing kind deeds for friends and family at Christmastime.

  • It doesn’t come from a store

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    “Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before!” wrote Dr. Seuss in How the Grinch Stole Christmas. “What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!” We wish you peace and joy at Christmastime.

  • Love from my gentle friends

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    I missed my book club’s annual Christmas party because I had a horrible stomach virus. I was very sick and sad—until my friend Eva sent me a card with “sunshine thoughts.” My friend Kathryn made me chicken soup with matzo balls. My friend Olga mailed me a book because I missed the book club book…

  • The worst diet ever

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    I’ve heard of some stupid diets. I’ve even tried some really dumb ones myself. However, I recently found out about the worst diet ever. According to the December 9, 2013, issue of Time magazine, instructional videos on YouTube are showing people how to do the Cotton-Ball Diet. I am not going to waste my time…

  • Extraordinary perseverance

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    Teddy Roosevelt, who served as president and also wrote 40 books, once described himself as an ordinary man with extraordinary perseverance. That’s what Doris Kearns Goodwin said recently in an interview on National Public Radio. Kearns was talking about her new book The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and the Golden Age of…

  • Three generations of Resolute Women

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    Dr. Myiesha Taylor is one of the fewer than 5 percent of United States doctors who are black women. Her grandmother, Margaret Montgomery, fulfilled her dream of becoming an entry-level nurse who took blood pressure and changed sheets. Her mother, Carolyn Bartlett, became a registered nurse with a master’s degree in public health. And, Dr.…

  • Her mind was straight and tidy

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    When her brother dies in a tragic accident, Ren, who is 12 years old, survives by shutting off her feelings and creating space between herself and other people. In the book Come In and Cover Me, Gin Phillips describes how her character “had trained her mind to be straight and tidy. She was normally very…

  • Live each day

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    I was searching for a birthday card when I found a UNICEF card with a quote that’s a good message for a new month. In fact, it’s a good message for any month or any day. “Live each day as if your life had just begun,” Goethe said. –Joy

  • After a big Thanksgiving feast

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    Did you eat too much during the Thanksgiving holidays? I did. But I’m not going to feel guilty. I thoroughly enjoyed everything, especially the mashed potatoes and pecan pie. I know making unhealthy choices during the holiday doesn’t make me a bad person. However, those choices do make me a person who needs to eat…

  • We’re thankful for family

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    We’re thankful for our families—including the canine members of our families. We like the words of poet Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of a new book Dog Songs. “Because of the dog’s joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why we should honor as…