All posts tagged girlfriends

It’s Still About The Girl Effect

Back in 2009, I was floored by an incredibly powerful video that perfectly communicated a belief I hold dear – girls are the key to peace, prosperity and stability in the world and the fragility of their position in society around the globe must be bolstered. Not much has changed in the intervening two years. [...]

Letting Go

Letting go can be so very difficult. It can require kicking, screaming, gut-twisting, fits and starts, scars and explosions. It can also be a easy as opening one’s palm, sighing, closing one’s eyes, turning around or being still. Let go. What (or whom) did you let go of this year? Why? (via Alice Bradley @finslippy) [...]

An Anniversary

Dear Jamie: I saw a girl wearing a yellow coat today. It reminded me of you. Many things do. It’s been a year since you left. I’ve just recently rediscovered my feet, that they belong under me, and that I can use them to stand and move forward. You’d probably say, it’s about damn time. [...]

The Girl with the Yellow Suitcase

It’s been 10 months, today, since Jamie died and I still feel every facet of the grief like a cloak that, no matter how hard I try, I just can’t seem to shed. I was leaving a comment on someone’s blog yesterday and became curious to know more about some of the other commentors with [...]

Best 09: Day Thirty

What was the best ad of 2009? What advertisement made you think this year? This ad not only makes me think, EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT. It makes me cry. Every. Single. Time. Powerful, no? Please explore the website too. The whole project fucking rocks.