Last night, my friend Monica Kaufman Pearson anchored her last newscast from Atlanta’s award-winning WSB TV. Yes, after a stellar 37 years, she’s stepping down from the day in/day out duties of covering today’s breaking stories, and opening a new chapter in her life. Oh, you didn’t know we were friends? Well, forgive me if I’m stretching it a bit, but as anyone who’s ever met her knows, she...

Meet Chelsey Clark, a women’s counselor in Santa Barbara, California who decided to take action! After learning about the nomiNetwork, a woman-founded organization helping rescue women around the world who have been or are at risk of sex trafficking, Chelsey decided to join the effort right in her own hometown. That’s when her idea for Fashion For Freedom was born. Chelsey says,“Fashion for...

I’ve just spent the last hour or so ‘deadheading’ gardenias. It’s a rather brutal term for removing the blossoms that have already come, had their day, and are now shriveling into brownness. Some fall off at a breath. Some hold on tight to the very last minute, requiring a gentle tug – or a hard yank – to pull them away. But this removal is necessary, I’m told, so that new creamy white, uniquely...