Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Rainy Day Flavors
Lovely readers,
LA has given me the gift of rain today. I'm loving it. I'm taking the day to continue writing my "Brave Girl's Manifesto", drinking coffee and enjoying the grey.
Escape to paris...
Enjoy,
RR
LA has given me the gift of rain today. I'm loving it. I'm taking the day to continue writing my "Brave Girl's Manifesto", drinking coffee and enjoying the grey.
Escape to paris...
Enjoy,
RR
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
wow.
This is hard to believe... wow. Thank you Dove for creating this.
Dove Evolution
speechless,
RR
Dove Evolution
speechless,
RR
Thursday, January 12, 2012
This is brilliant.
Ladies,
This is awesome. I love this.
Fotoshop by Adobe.
*Written and directed by the fantastically talented Jesse Rosten
This is awesome. I love this.
Fotoshop by Adobe.
*Written and directed by the fantastically talented Jesse Rosten
Monday, January 9, 2012
My Words Exactly!
Ladies,
This little lady has it right. She took the words right out of my mouth!
She is definitely NOT Vanilla...
You go girl!
Riley on Marketing
LOVE her,
RR
This little lady has it right. She took the words right out of my mouth!
She is definitely NOT Vanilla...
You go girl!
Riley on Marketing
LOVE her,
RR
Monday, January 2, 2012
A love letter...to life.
Dear readers,
This is a passage by a dear friend and RR contributor, Lauren. Take a few minutes to read it. Then bookmark it so you can have it to refer to when you need reminding. She is an extraordinay soul. I hope you find comfort in her words.
xoxo,
RR
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“There isnʼt much that I can do, but I can share my thoughts with you and I can share my books with you and sometimes share your burdens too, as on our way we go...”
In just a few days it will be a new year. It will also be the first year in which I honor the anniversary of the passing of someone very very close to my heart. Last year at this time everything was going well, or as well as it does when you are in your early twenties anyway. I was happy living the life that I had created for myself in Los Angeles. Then completely unexpectedly, the rug was ripped out from under me.
It is always hard to lose someone and this was of course a very painful time. It was a tragic start to a new year a year that, really, I didnʼt understand how I was supposed to go on with. I tore myself apart about not making more of the time that had passed, but I got through it day by day. I found ways to cope. I read and I wrote, I surrounded myself with people who I loved and that loved me in return, I drank a lot of wine and managed to laugh some, and sometimes that laughter turned into tears and that was ok too.
It has been hard moving on with day to day life, your friends move on in their lives and become less available. You start to feel even more alone, but you arenʼt. You can talk to your loved one, you can read and write, listen to music and see all kinds of things. You will laugh and sometimes cry.
I have learned so much from this experience, I have learned that our time really is short. Every passing moment is so valuable. Itʼs natural to get caught up on the little things and occasionally have a negative outlook, but we must also be so grateful for the people in our lives, we can learn something from every single one of them. Accept that everything will find itʼs way into place. When we lose someone we also gain all of the lessons they end up teaching us. We will rebuild our lives and take those lessons with us."
This is a passage by a dear friend and RR contributor, Lauren. Take a few minutes to read it. Then bookmark it so you can have it to refer to when you need reminding. She is an extraordinay soul. I hope you find comfort in her words.
xoxo,
RR
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“There isnʼt much that I can do, but I can share my thoughts with you and I can share my books with you and sometimes share your burdens too, as on our way we go...”
In just a few days it will be a new year. It will also be the first year in which I honor the anniversary of the passing of someone very very close to my heart. Last year at this time everything was going well, or as well as it does when you are in your early twenties anyway. I was happy living the life that I had created for myself in Los Angeles. Then completely unexpectedly, the rug was ripped out from under me.
It is always hard to lose someone and this was of course a very painful time. It was a tragic start to a new year a year that, really, I didnʼt understand how I was supposed to go on with. I tore myself apart about not making more of the time that had passed, but I got through it day by day. I found ways to cope. I read and I wrote, I surrounded myself with people who I loved and that loved me in return, I drank a lot of wine and managed to laugh some, and sometimes that laughter turned into tears and that was ok too.
It has been hard moving on with day to day life, your friends move on in their lives and become less available. You start to feel even more alone, but you arenʼt. You can talk to your loved one, you can read and write, listen to music and see all kinds of things. You will laugh and sometimes cry.
I have learned so much from this experience, I have learned that our time really is short. Every passing moment is so valuable. Itʼs natural to get caught up on the little things and occasionally have a negative outlook, but we must also be so grateful for the people in our lives, we can learn something from every single one of them. Accept that everything will find itʼs way into place. When we lose someone we also gain all of the lessons they end up teaching us. We will rebuild our lives and take those lessons with us."
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Required reading...
This is something I stumbled upon recently and have again fallen in love. It's the poem, Phenomenal Woman, by the Great Maya Angelou. It's a great one to go back and reread. I've declared it my anthem!
PHENOMENAL WOMAN
by Maya Angelou
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing of my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them,
They say they still can't see.
I say
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
The palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
from And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
copyright © 1978 by Maya Angelou.
To our power,
RR
PHENOMENAL WOMAN
by Maya Angelou
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing of my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them,
They say they still can't see.
I say
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
The palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
from And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
copyright © 1978 by Maya Angelou.
To our power,
RR
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Creating
Ladies,
This is a reminder to CREATE something today! I have been knee-deep in creating some new and improved workshops and I can't get over how ALIVE it's made me feel. So often we go through our lives forgetting to nourish our creative souls, overlooking the very thing that feeds every other aspect of our lives.
We have a spark in us. Let's make sure to nurse it, celebrate it, and make it shine!
Lettin' my colors burn,
RR.
This is a reminder to CREATE something today! I have been knee-deep in creating some new and improved workshops and I can't get over how ALIVE it's made me feel. So often we go through our lives forgetting to nourish our creative souls, overlooking the very thing that feeds every other aspect of our lives.
We have a spark in us. Let's make sure to nurse it, celebrate it, and make it shine!
Lettin' my colors burn,
RR.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
SO good.
I absolutely love this! Think about it ladies, what's cool now isn't going to be cool tomorrow, and what was cool yesterday is "so over" today. It's fleeting. Awesome, on the other hand, might take a little work, but it's here to stay, my friends.
For Awesome A,
RR
Monday, September 12, 2011
Eat dessert first...(or quote of the day!)
This is my first back to school quote. It's about courage because like I've said to many of you ladies, I believe it takes more courage to be a teenager that really any other time in your life.
"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
Eleanor Roosevelt, activist and amazing human.
Boldly,
RR
"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
Eleanor Roosevelt, activist and amazing human.
Boldly,
RR
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Amy's Flavor
"I am peanut butter flavored ice cream. Does that exist? If it does, that's what I am. I am sturdy and strong and am a good rock to lean on. I feel like if you choose to have me as a friend, you have a friend who will be there to "fill you up", make you feel better about yourself. I'm supportive and happy, and (not that I'm bragging) a really good friend".
Amy--I want you to be MY friend! This is awesome! Who wouldn't benefit from a friend like you? Being dependable is one of the qualities in friends I hold most dear. You, my friend, are a breath of fresh air. Thank goodness for you.
Let's all be inspired by Amy and really try to be sturdy friends for each other. Lend a hand, or a shoulder...
xo,
RR
Friday, August 19, 2011
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