I just played a video for my class about amazing woman who changed the world. Each of them in their own right doing something that changed the world. ![]()
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One of them, Florence Nightingale, known as the lady with the lamp, was the founder of hospital reform and education. She was the light for Clara Barton who established the Red Cross, to Mary Mahoney, who broke racial barriers. This is just a few of the many ladies who have impacted history. Still moving and shaking today, Rebecca Koszaliniski established an app to assist patients with speaking difficulties. ![]()
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As a patient who spent countless days under the care of a doctor, I can't tell you how much I appreciate the nurses who take time beyond the job to make a difference. Like someone said, you never know when you are making history or in this case herstory. You just take action!![]()
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Thank you to the marvelous ladies who do just that. ![]()
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Today, I thought about education and what it takes to be an educator. I looked back throughout history and read about some of the women who started schools like Mary McLeod Bethune and Sarah Porter. Vastly different as they were from the North and the South, one was proud and proper, the other fighting for opportunities in south. ![]()
Both of these women were advocates of education. ![]()
The fight for education continues on today. I see my mother, also an owner of a school, work with children with various learning needs. She often advocates for them to get the tools they need to be successful and further their education. I can only imagine what the woman before her faced. Today, I have a first hand look at the politics, the passion, devotion, time and energy it takes and I am forever in awe.![]()
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Thank you to the marvelous ladies who did and do continue to be the face of education. Statistically, women are still fighting for equal rights in educational as leaders, they lead less then 30 percent of largest school districts and 63 percent in private schools.![]()
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And mom, if I have never told you, thank you for what you do. Not just for the students who pass through your doors, and the generations of your grandchildren you share your skills with, but for the work behind the scenes, for the training of future teachers, for the parents you speak life into when they have given up and for the wisdom you share with me along the way.
Yesterday would've been my grandmother's birthday. She was born in 1925 and she was what I called a fashion designer. From the time I was a kid she made my clothes. She stitched my sketches into beautiful pieces of clothing, made my curtains for my new house, double sided placemats that, I attempted to do myself and ran the needle though my thumb. My grandmother was all that. I remember announcing to her the night before I was set to elope and get married and within hours I had a dress and tea stained matching hat. That dress over 30 years old still hangs in my closet. ![]()
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Today, for the first time I learned of Ann Lowe. She was slightly older than my grandma. She designed the wedding dress the Jackie Bouvier wore as she married John Kennedy. I never can imagine my grandmother being called just a colored seamstress, she was everything; a trailblazer. ![]()
Ann Lowe's work didn't earn the credit it deserved but is now featured in the Smithsonian. Learning about her today made me appreciate my grandmother even more. Things I didn't understand like who she made clothes for took on a whole new meaning.![]()
These women are Marevelous Ladies who didn't just make clothes and fashion designs, they where world changers and history makers; one designing for the elite and the other for the less fortunate.![]()
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I wish I had taken the time to learn the skill, because I truly enjoyed the fashion.
Sometime ago I started this series called Women of the Bible. Something about it truly stirred my spirit and it has since remained. As we start with the celebration of Women's History, I started thinking of Eve. Ah, Eve who talked to the serpent, Eve who gave Adam the apple 🍎.. Often, we are stuck thinking if Eve hadn't had done this or that but do we give Eve the credit of being the first of many things; including a powerful partner. She was created with purpose and intent. She was to be fruitful and this wasnt just an act of bearing children but in aspects of both the fruit of the spirit and the land.![]()
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Think about that for just a moment. Before Eve was every created she had an intended purpose to be a world changer and a history maker. This rest in each and everyone of us as well.![]()
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Over the next 21 days, I want to discuss Marevelous Ladies both of yesterday and today. I want to hear your stories of women come and gone who have done incredible things. Do you have a story?
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I signed off on an email this morning, thank you and I signed my name. As I closed my phone after the email, I thought how often I do that in the course of a day. How many times do I say thank you to some random person for whatever reason. I thought what am I thanking them for, reading my email, addressing something I need done, informing me of something. No matter what it was, it didn't measure to what Jesus has done for me time after time. I thought about waking up this morning with one more day to do things right, to be, to do, to give. I thought about all the things I've walked through, all the things He carried me through and yet there are days I wonder if I thank Him for being everything 🤔. ![]()
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Let my words be thank you for everyday for everything.
Ladies get ready for the 2026 Marvelous Ladies
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I have been working on the elements for Marevelous Marvelous Ladies for months. Honestly, some parts of it I have been cultivated over a year. This year we have made plans to dig deeper and touch more lives. Planning events is the easy part for me. Well usually. This one stretches me, it pulls me in all types of directions, moods, disappointments and celebrations. Each piece something uniquely beautiful, it a lesson of trusting God with everything. This isn't just platform to share my story, its not just an event I throw together, Marvelous Ladies is a celebration of life, it is an achievement over circumstance, a voice of triumph in dark places, a ministry of empowerment and encouragement. It is a recognition that we can do all things, that we are Marvelous, mighty, and wonderfully made. ❤️ ![]()
These moments of struggle are purposed so I don't get lost in simplicity. They are the movements of God that allow his purpose to prevail and ultimately deliver just what is intended and make room for breakthrough. ![]()
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The 2026 Marvelous Ladies: Brunch & Learn is coming. Be sure to register. Be sure to spread the word. Be sure sure to stay tuned and see what we have planned throughout the year and if you can be sure and support us, so we can keep growing and giving. ![]()
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Event Timing: March 21, 2026; 11am-1pm Event Address: 6333 Wesley Grove Boulevard, Wesley Chapel, FL 33544 Contact us at (813) 334-6006 or b4ursteem@gmail.com
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Stay tuned: Marvelous Ladies Brunch and Learn...
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