Happy Birthday Girl Scouts

Beauty comes from within

I think beauty comes from within. If you're happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside.
~~ Faith Hill

Deaf Women

Angelina Fuller Fisher
Ann Billington
Cornelia A. Lathrop
Elizabeth Allen
Heather Whitestone
Ida Vernon
Ida Wynette Gray Hampton
Jane Lou Jones
Jane Norman
Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell
Jean Pearl Chan
Jo Walden
Joan K. Berke
Juliette Gordon Low
Kitty O’Neal
Laura Brigham
Laura Redder Searing
Linda Bove
Mabel Hubbard Bell
Margaret E. Jackson
Marlee Matlin
May Paxton Benoit
Nanette Fabray
Phyllis Ferlich
Sophia Fowler Gallaudet
Sophia Smith

Julia Child

Julia Child

Celebrity Chef, Author and Teacher

15 August 1912 - 13 August 2004

Age 92

"Her kitchen has been preserved as an exhibit in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC."

I am a big fan of Martha Stewart. Before she became famous. She admired Julia Child. She said, "I want to be 'Julia Child' of 1990's." She got her dream come true.
I want to be "Martha Stewart" of 21st century. Someday, my dream will come true. I am a truly entertaining and host. I love entertain people whom I love. Throw a theme party is one of my passion.

Tea time 

Martha Stewart. She admired Julia Child when she was young.

 

Original post: 16 August 2008

Mary Kay Ash and The Bumblebee

Mary Kay Ash

12 May 1918 - 22 November 2001

Mary Kay Ash's quotation about bee.

"If you ever come to visit Mary Kay headquarters in Dallas, you may see someone wearing a diamond pin in the shape of a bumblebee. Be assured that she is one of our top performers. Within our organization, the bumblebee has become the ultimate symbol of accomplishment. We selected it because of what the bumblebee represents for all women. You see, years ago, aerodynamic engineers studied this creature and decided that it simply should not be able to fly! Its wings are too weak and its body too heavy to flight. Everything seems to tell the bumblebee, "You'll never get off the ground." But I like to think that maybe-just maybe-our Divine Creator whispered, "You can do it!" so it did!"
 

"1970 - Taking Flight Of

all the May Kay awards, the diamond bumblebee pin is the most cherished. The first pins were awarded at the 1970 Seminar. With them, Mary Kay Ash told the story of the amazing bumblebee. After studying it, aerodynamics engineers had concluded it should not be able to fly. Yet, despite the odds, this incrediable creature flew! This can-do story made the bumblebee the perfect symbol for women who follow their can-do spirits to achieve new heights."


YouTube:
Mary Kay Ash and the Bumblebee

http://youtu.be/mbbASipiX9M

National Nurses Day

National Nurses Week is celebrated annually 
from  May 6th to May 12th.

The birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.

Florence Nightingale

12 May 1820 - 13 August 1910

Happy Mother's Day

 Happy Mother's Day to all Moms, Grandmas, Aunts, Sisters and Cousins!

Mother's Day Prayer

by Gaynell Bordes Cronin

I love you, Mom.  I love your aliveness, 

your joy in living, your understanding,

your giving.

And what I love best of all

is that you love me. 

God of all Mothers,

thank you for my mom!

~~ From the book "Friend Jesus: Prayers for Children"

Love you Mom. I miss you everyday and remember how you made our house a home filled with love and encouragement. You brought me to God and now live with him.

Celebrating Girl Scout

12 March 1912

The Girl Scouts of the USA had its beginnings as Juliette Gordon Low of Savannah, Georgia, founded the first American troop of the Girl Guides.

Barbie Doll

Happy Birthday, Barbie
March 9th is Barbie's Birthday


Do you have the Barbie Doll?

I have always want the Plantation Belle Barbie above. I love pink and pearls. Even I love to wear hat, dress, and fancy purse to Tea party or Wedding.

Deaf Women

Sophia Smith

1796 - 1870

Founder, Smith College

Sophia Smith became deaf at age of 40. She spent most of her time at home and involved at her church. She took care of her children.

She decided to found woman’s college in Massachusetts with the estate she inherited. She hoped that the college would provide quality undergraduate education for young women just like young men.

After her death in 1870. Smith College opened its doors in 1875 with 14 students. Today, Smith enrolled approximately more than 2,000 students from the world.


Juliette Gordon Low

1860 - 1927

Founder of the Girl Scouts of America in 1912.

Before she married to William Low. She was suffered an ear infection that damaged her ear to cause her to lose her hearing in that ear. After the wedding, the rice thrown into Juliette’s good ear. When the rice was removed, her eardrum was punctured that cause her completely deaf in that ear. She became deaf for the rest of her life.

Helen Keller
1880 - 1968
Author and lecturer.

An illness at the age of 19 months left her deaf, blind and mute. Through the work of teacher Anne Sullivan, she learned to overcome these daunting handicaps and became a powerful and effective national spokesperson on behalf of others with similar disabilities


Kitty O'Neil 

1946 - 2018
America Stuntwoman

Became deaf at age of 4. Was told that she cannot drive and dive.

She loved to be a daredevil by enjoying car racing. She became a stunt woman driving. By the time, she turned 28. Kitty set a world record in the Guinness Book of World Records as a "Fastest Woman on Earth."

According to movie database. She listed as a Stunt for TV and Movie. Smokey and the Bandit II, The Blue Brothers, Foul Play, Damien: Omen II, Airport '77, Foes, Two-Minutes Warning, "Wonder Woman", and Airport 1975.

Nanette Fabray

1920 - 2018
Actress

You might remember her as a TV grandmother on “One Day at a Time”. Her real life niece is Shelley Fabares who played Christine on TV show, “Coach”, with Craig T. Nelson.

Was born deaf. Restored it after 4 operations. She overcame her hearing impaired to follow her dream as an actress. She performed more than 40 TV shows, movies and game shows.

A big advocate for the rights of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing included Closed Captioned to TV.

Her TV, Movies and Game Shows credits:

“Mary Tyler Moore”, “Amy”, “Love Boat”, “One Day at a Time”, “Match Game”, and more.

Happy Women's Day

We are WOMEN!

March 8th is International Women's Day.

Helen Keller (1880 - 1968) Author and lecturer. An illness at the age of 19 months left her deaf, blind and mute. Through the work of teacher Anne Sullivan, she learned to overcome these daunting handicaps and became a powerful and effective national spokesperson on behalf of others with similar disabilities.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962) Trailblazing First Lady and wife of President Franklin Roosevelt. She spent her adult years working in politics and social reform. Her warmth and compassion inspired the nation, and she later became U.S. Delegate to the United Nations. The U.N. Declaration of Human Rights was largely her work, and she chaired the first-ever Presidential Commission on the Status of Women (1961).

Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) Author who produced the first literature for the mass market of juvenile girls in the 19th century. Her best-known work, Little Women, has appeared continuously in print since its first publication in 1868-69.

Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver (1921 - 2009) Founder in 1968 of the Special Olympics. She helped establish the National Institute for Child Health and Development and the President's Committee on Mental Retardation (1961). She established a network of mental retardation research centers at major medical schools across the United States and created "Community of Caring," a program for the reduction of mental retardation among babies of teenagers, developing 16 model centers and 150 programs in public school

Heather Whitestone

Heather Whitestone won Miss America in 1995.  She lost her hearing at age 1 ½ years old. Her lifelong dream to be a ballerina.

She performed ballet in talent competition of Miss America pageant. The song is Sandi Patti’s “Via Dolorosa." Via Dolorosa is the name of road or path where Jesus carried the cross. She proved everyone wrong that she can do it in spite of her hearing loss.

Inner Beauty

Hello Friends!

I am WONDERFUL! I am proud of myself.

You are wonderful! You are proud of yourself!

I want share the scripture with you y'all.

Read: 1 Samuel 16:7

God is more interested
 in the inner beauty
 of a person
 than the outer.

Juliette Gordon Low

Juliette Gordon Low

(1860 - 1927)

Founder of the Girl Scouts of America in 1912.

Before she married to William Low. She was suffered an ear infection that damaged her ear to cause her to lose her hearing in that ear. After the wedding, the rice thrown into Juliette’s good ear. When the rice was removed, her eardrum was punctured that cause her completely deaf in that ear. She became deaf for the rest of her life.

Tea and Girl Scout Cookies, a great combination! Did you know the Founder, Juliette Low, loved tea. So am I. I love tea! I love Girl Scout thin mint cookies. Cookies make me feel good.

So I drink a cup of tea with girl scout cookies to honor her.

Is there any deaf leader around here? If so, please let me know.