news came out this week of a young girls suicide. news i’ve heard too many times before.
she was 15. bright. loved animals. at a friends party, vodka was introduced. being 15, she was drinking it straight. being 15, she got wasted fast. thats when it happened. step by step accounts aren’t clear, but FOUR of [...]

(Adam my ‘brother from another mother’ of 20 years – creator and host of the Gayby shower!)
 
what’s a GAYBY shower you ask!!
its when your best gay friends and girlfriends throw you a wildly inappropriate baby extravaganza!
Strong drinks (none for me of course), vulgar language, RuPaul’s Drag Race and a game called Cards Against Humanity that [...]

 
We may not have it all together, but together we have it all.
 
Over the past 14 days I have spoke about about LOVE in all forms – for your body and mind, your safety and your future. affirmations, reminders, and examples of what it is and isn’t.
but there is something truly special about finding a [...]

if you don’t know…now you know!
 
feeling like we are NOT enough can cause us to desperately reach for temporary fixes that heal the ache. new shoes, triple layer cheesecake, a half cute guy who is more into you then you into him… not feeling enough is the start of a slippery slope, that says, we aren’t [...]

The phrase “…but I love me more” is the very core foundation of my life. It means I make a choice to love myself, as I am, before anything else. Women nurture by nature, and at times we can end up at the bottom on life’s “to do” list jammed between work and cleaning the [...]

#1 I could have let the past define me. #butilovememore
 
#2 LIFE MOTTO:  Leave it better then you found it. #butilovememore
 
#3 At times, I wanted to give up. #butilovememore
 
#4 Use your past pain to propel your future progress. #butilovememore
 
#5 I knew that with hard work, one day I would be here. #butilovememore
 
#6 I could have let ONE relationship RUIN the others. #butilovememore
 
#7 I [...]

 
“The courage you show in telling your own story – which NO ONE would ever think was true by meeting you today – gives me hope that where I am today doesn’t define where I will be tomorrow! Thank You!” – Nicola B. 

“It’s always a challenge getting our teenage boys to tune in and participate [...]