February 1, 2022
Rules To Teach Your Daughter
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August 6, 2018
Why I share my mother’s heart. And you can too.
Sharing my mother’s heart. Be Kind. Be Grateful. Smile. I receive many messages on social media thanking me for sharing my mother’s wisdom and beauty and carrying on her legacy. I know I was truly blessed to have had this amazing woman as my mother, and I believe that blessings are meant to be shared. When you […]
July 29, 2018
The legacy we leave – Eartha Kitt’s daughter reflects on her mother’s teaching.
We all have some sort of legacy we leave. Whether we’re world famous or known just to our families, we all have something to share. And as we share, hopefully with love and compassion, we hopefully can learn to appreciate the impact EVERY being makes on someone. That person is the pebble in the […]
May 20, 2018
Born to be an only child. Thoughts on beauty. Not what you might think.
I was born with the perfect personality to be an only child. Good thing too, because I’m not sure my mother had any other names if she had had more children. 🙂 I had, and still have, no problem spending time alone. A trait I shared with my mother (no shocker there). I know many people who […]
May 12, 2018
“I like to use the freedom of my own imagination” – parenting, Eartha Kitt style
My mother taught me the power of imagination and parenting, Eartha Kitt style. “I like to use the freedom of my own imagination.” ~ Eartha Kitt Video Transcript So Mother’s Day memories and stories that I would love to share with you. I like to share stories with people about my life […]
April 3, 2018
Everything changes. Your perspective makes a difference.
Everything changes. Spring is a time of change and we often feel the need to do ‘spring cleaning’. But life is a series of changes. Always evolving. And it’s how we deal with these changes, how we look at them, that often determines the effect they have on us. Maybe if we could see change […]
February 14, 2018
Be Your Valentine. Love Yourself First
Be Your Own Valentine. Let’s make Valentine’s Day a day we celebrate loving ourselves and teach our children the importance of self-love. “It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self-love deficit.” ~Eartha Kitt #EmbraceWhoYOUAre […]
February 12, 2018
Shaking Things Up
Behind every strong woman is a strong role model. For me, that was my mother. My mother was definitely a woman who shook things up. And, not necessarily because she was fearless. In fact, I think it was often fear that motivated her. What continues to amaze me even at the age of fifty-six and […]
January 24, 2018
Our Mother Daughter Style
Our mother daughter style was quite different. Aside from the difference in our height (she was five feet two inches and I am five feet seven inches), skin and hair coloring ( check out my post Why Don’t You Look More Like Your Mother?, for more on that), my mother, Eartha Kitt, was attracted to […]
November 18, 2017
I don’t usually do this, but…
I don’t usually respond to negative comments, but I am compelled to do so here because I feel there is an opportunity for dialogue on a subject that many struggle with and is very relevant in today’s times. As the most popular post on my blog, ‘Why Don’t You Look More Like Your Mother?’, continues […]