Dear Becca Stevens...

Dear Becca Stevens,

Thank you for all that you are, all that you believe, and all that you do.  Your influence reaches far beyond who you see, how far they see, how far they see, and on.

Our Women's Group, GLOW, began using breath and meditation at the end of our devotional hour together each week, and then added your approach to the healing power of essential oils (Snake Oil). We have been using our breathing and oils to reduce rage, increase clarity and perspective, and feel better in general.

So far we have come up with two unique blends, mixed with Almond Oil.  We call them GLOW and DIRECTION.  Research and Development will continue...

You came and spoke in Birmingham twice this October, once again inspiring us all. A few friends from GLOW heard you speak and connected the power of your advocacy and the strength of your commitment to healing with the oils and breathwork we use every Tuesday.
You are gift.
You are changing lives.



Thank you for Magdalene House, for Thistle Farms, for Thistle Stop Cafe, for being a CNN Heroine of the year (everyone vote HERE).
Thank you for A Path Appears.
Thank you for all of your books and writings and tweets and links.

As you continually remind us, Love Heals Every Body.
Love wins and namaste,
G2M2

 *GLOW Women's Group is a loving attempt to build bridges, hold hard conversations, and demand that love wins - Every Single Time. Each conversation is a plank in the bridge, edging closer to justice, one board at a time. Join us in the connecting.

Grapes

When Grapes enters, her laughter fills the whole room.

She is a strong woman, a mom of 7, grandmom to 23, and great-grandmom to 1. She has been clean 11 years and loves to eat fresh grapes.

Currently raising three of her grandchildren, she admits it's not something she wants to do at this phase in her life, but something she got to do. She grieves over the death of her son, despairs at the addiction of a daughter, confessing, "It makes me angry with God. I laugh and giggle on the outside, but on the inside I am suffering."

In any given conversation, she swings from deep laughter - you can see her molars as she throws her head back - to weeping with the tears pooling at her chest. She is a strong woman who allows herself to feel, to grieve, to suffer.

She loves Auburn football, the music of Anthony Brown (especially "Worth"), Law & Order (the original, SVU, and Criminal Intent). Grapes thinks that the entire state of Alabama needs a spiritual makeover...especially around issues of race.

If she had a whole day to herself, with money as no obstacle, first she would go shopping at the thrift store...then she would go to the beach. After relaxing on the beach, she would go back to her hotel room and shut the door and watch as much Law & Order as she wanted.

When Grapes was telling me this, I had to hold back from saying ME TOO ME TOO - this was her day, not mine...but I would do that too.

This Group shortens bridges even in what we wish for on a special day.
Our insides are so alike...



 *GLOW Women's Group is a loving attempt to build bridges, hold hard conversations, and demand that love wins - Every Single Time. Each conversation is a plank in the bridge, edging closer to justice, one board at a time. Join us in the connecting.