Woman: Oh this is a lovely color (showing me a mauvy pink)!
Me: Yes it is but I am leaning towards red today...It's so glamorous..sort of old Hollywood!
Woman: Well personally, I have always thought Marilyn Monroe to be a bit brassy!
Me: Um, yes she was (with a wink and a smile)as I pick up Vodka and Caviar by OPI!
It's been awhile since my last post. I have been traveling. This trip was sort of spontaneous. It just kind of came about. I saw a romantic comedy (It's Complicated) which left me in a teary eyed blubbery mess. I needed some guidance. My sister-girlfriend called me and immediately asked "what's going on with you girl?". I share my heart. She tells me of a friend who read something somewhere about the love secrets of French Women. Sister girl couldn't remember all of the particulars but advised me to find it. I did. This trip has changed me and my life will never be the same.
Serendipity (fortunate accident) occurred. Google is amazing. One search lead to another and nothing short of a revolution has taken place. The following has reshaped my womanhood:
www.jamiecatcallan.com , author of French Women Don't Sleep Alone
Intriguing, captivating and oh so feminine. Several weeks ago, I considered making my blog private. I shared with a good friend of mine considering the same thing that she had too much to offer the world to make her writings private. Since then, I have learned some things. I respect her choice. I have chosen not to hide. There is a delicate balance between sharing your heart and protecting yourself.
When I started this posting I expected to go in a totally different direction....so I will end with some seemingly random items. Believe me they are not!
There is so much pressure on American women to be happy. To sweep away all traces of loneliness, to forget who you are in your search for a lover or a spouse. In France young girls learn that happiness is elusive; we learn that happiness is less important than passion. ~ Debra Ollivier
Juliette Binoche"As girls we Americans sit in our fields of daisies and pull off petals with, " He loves me, he loves me not, he loves me, he loves me not". Meanwhile, French girls sit in their Meadows with their marguerites and pulls off petals with: "He loves a little. A lot. Passionately. Madly. Not at all."" ~Debra Ollivier
Courtesy of Gasoline Alley
"It is here, in the realm of relationship, that women receive the most joy and the profoundest sorrows. The friendships of women inhabit a terrain of great mystery… Although often quoted in weddings, Ruth was speaking to a woman when she said, "Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God" (Ruth 1:16). There is a fierce jealousy, a fiery devotion, and a great loyalty between women friends. Our friendships flow in the deep waters of the heart where God dwells and transformation takes place. It is here in this holy place, that a woman can partner with God in impacting another and be impacted by another for lasting good. It is here that she can mother, nurture, encourage, and call forth life." ~Captivating John and Stasi Eldredge
Dita Von Teese
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