BAD GIRLS!

Every year I get myself a fun 

new day planner.

This past year I was having 

trouble finding one and so

my husband bought me this.

 I will admit in my younger 

days I really wanted to be a bad girl.

They looked cool and people moved

aside for them.

(Think I watched too much Grease

and Grease 2:)

Now I want to be BAD as in setting

an amazing example of strength

and grace for my girls and 

other women around me.

I still don't have it all figured out

but we are all a work in progress, yes?

 Ann Shen has some lovely

 illustrations in this day planner.

Her website (click on her name above)

is full of more wonderful illustrations 

and quotes to make you go, "Ahhh".

The write ups for each lady

aren't just handed to you either. 

You have to look these women

up because there are quite a few

I didn't recognize.

Meet Anna May Wong, born in 1905 in 

California and considered the first 

Chinese-American movie star with 

the highlight of her career being in 

Shanghai Express (1932) with Marlene Dietrich.

In that day and time she would be 

'BAD' going against all norms 

for women and Chinese citizens.

There are, of course, many names

you will recognize as strong 

women who have challenged the

status quo and gone on 

to be extraordinary leaders of their day!

Oprah

Dolly Parton

Susan B. Anthony

Valentina Terashkova

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Eleanor Roosevelt

just to name a few.

THANK YOU, ANN SHEN

for opening my eyes to Amazing 'Bad Girls'!