I think you’re pretty smart, but you might not know that 44% of single mothers in Birmingham live below the poverty line. Forty-four percent. That means a woman with two kids could be living on just $20,000 a year!
What seeds do you need to plant this season?
This weekend I attended reCreate, the annual women’s conference held each fall at Church of the Highlands. One of the speaker’s at this year’s conference was Andi Andrew, who founded New York City’s Liberty Church in 2010 with her family. In 2015 she launched the She Is Free Conference.
One of the messages Andi gave this past weekend was all about seeds. So often we pray to God for gifts and we expect instant gratification. But instead of God giving us what we desire, fully grown, God simply gives us the seeds and it’s our job to tend to the soil of our hearts so that the seeds can bear fruit.
Birmingham-based blogger lands Redbook magazine cover
When Birmingham-based fashion blogger Bertha Hidalgo entered Redbook magazine’s Real Women Style contest she didn’t really think she would win.
Why the Women’s Fund Smart Party Means So Much to Me
I didn’t feel smart that day.
It was a Thursday and we’d just had a meeting at work, a meeting at which some of my colleagues made disparaging remarks about a project I’d worked on, disparaging remarks that made me feel, well, stupid.
A Day in My Life
Knowing I am a woman who wears many hats, people often ask me what a typical day is like for me. Well, here goes…