The Resolute Woman

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  • Share your stories

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    Everyone has stories of struggles and triumphs. Share your stories. Children who know their family’s history—its highs and lows—have a stronger sense of control over their lives and higher self-esteem, says Bruce Feiler, author of a new book The Secrets of Happy Families. That’s good advice. Remember your stories. If you’ve done difficult tasks in the…

  • The perseverance of a goat

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    In Kabul, getting a new TV to work isn’t easy, writes Deborah Rodriguez in her novel The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul. “It had taken three weeks, a new satellite dish on the roof, three friends to help run the wires, countless trips to the electronics and hardware stores and several prayers to Allah that…

  • Usually alert and ready

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    When my friend Sara started working at the Dallas Times Herald in 1976 as a copy editor, she woke up early and left her home in Richardson by 3 a.m. to travel to the newspaper’s office in downtown Dallas. By 4 a.m., she was sitting at her desk, usually alert and ready to edit the…

  • Good-bye, Aunt Ola

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    Recently, when I visited Aunt Ola, age 105, she was sleepy. But, she revived when I told her the story about the time my mother-in-law, my husband and I visited her. It must have been about 30 years ago. So, I am sure Ola was in her 70s. Jerry and I were tired after a…

  • Be passionate and courageous

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    Mark Kelly, husband of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, spoke recently at the University of Texas at Arlington. “The man who shot Gabby may have put a bullet in her head, but he has not put a dent in her spirit and her desire to make the world a better place,” Kelly said. According to the…

  • Courage, ingenuity and intelligence

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    It was in Lubochna, before she was taken to a concentration camp, that the police came to their apartment and ordered Gerda Buergenthal and her son Thomas to pack their belongings and to be ready to go in a hour. When they were taken to the police station, his mother demanded to see the police…

  • Rosa Parks, quiet and unassuming

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    Rosa Parks, who was born 100 years ago this year, was a quiet, unassuming 42-year-old seamstress when she refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white man. “Though legend would have it that Parks, who died in 2005, refused because her feet were tired, the truth, she always said, was that…

  • The message is about dreaming

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    Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court justice, says that she wrote her new book “to inspire people to realize that first, I was just like them, and second, if I could do it, so could they.” “Become a Supreme Court justice? But how realistic is that?” a Time interviewer asked Justice Sotomayor in the February 11,…

  • I am who I am

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    We’ve been talking to other women about our soon-to-be-published book The Resolute Woman, and we’ve been inspired by the advice they’ve shared with us. My friend Bonnie shared this quote with me. “I am who I am; I look the way I look; I am my age.” We’re not sure who said these words. I…

  • A year of organized living

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    Who could resist a headline like this? “A year of organized living—life skills, strategies and advice to make every day easier” I didn’t resist. I am embarrassed to admit that I read that headline on a magazine that I found while waiting in line at the grocery store, and then I bought the January issue…