Girl Power

Letter From My Childhood

by Brenda on January 20, 2013

Ms. Brenda Moguez 88888 Future Avenue Time Beyond Today, the World at Large Dear Sister-Self (my true soul sister) ME! I’m sixteen today. Can you believe it? I have breasts, curves, and I passed my driving test this afternoon. Dad gave me the keys to his prize possession, the Gold, mint condition, Chevy Impala, and [...]

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I’m Too Sexy For Myself

by Brenda on August 28, 2012

As if that were true. Yet, I can’t help but wonder why a woman doesn’t chant these words or something less presumptuous, to herself as she starts her day?  Why does a woman think perfection is a requirement to feel sexy?  Sexy isn’t a dress size, a designer sling back shoe dangling from manicured toes, [...]

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Taking Chances

by Brenda on August 1, 2012

There are instances when a woman feels she can leap tall buildings in a single bound, even out fly Superman, if she chooses. I covet this moment more than finding the perfect opening sentence (but only because I trust in my voice to arrive at one even if I have to write it one hundred [...]

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Note to Self

by Brenda on July 12, 2012

Dear Self~ How long has it been since I took time out of my day to send you a love note?  If I can’t remember, it’s been too long.  I don’t know why I neglect you as I do, but I do.  Clearly, I depend on you to act when I send instructions or shout [...]

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New Year’s Resolutions: UPDATED

by Brenda on June 1, 2012

A suitable list of alternative resolutions written for a body in motion, a body flawed, a body cracked in places, a body that soars on the page but sometimes hesitates in the mirror, for the body with a heart that is sometimes tentative, and for the body that houses a passion to big to be [...]

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