Don’t Use Your Children as a Weapon
No matter what happens in your adult life — no matter what hardships you suffer, what wrongs have been done onto you, or if someone disappoints and becomes an absent or deadbeat parent — don’t...
Posts Tagged ‘Gender Equality’
Emotional Abuse is Just as Damaging as Physical Abuse
Too often people are taught that abuse is physical, and only physical. I’ve heard so many people say, “They’d never hurt me, though.” This directly after telling me s/he told them something was wrong with...
Don’t Waste Words on People Who Deserve Your Silence (Mandy Hale)
Understandably so, this is not always the easiest thing to do, but very many times it is so very worth it in the end. 1) You don’t end up wasting your very valuable time on...
A Gallant Girl: The Early Days of Heather Angelika :)
I previously mentioned how I was the president of my 2nd grade class and how I hung a poster from my desk that said, “Girls can do anything!” Well, last week my mother sent me...
We have another contestant for the Official Gallant Girl Icon Contest! Gallant Girls & Guys, meet Kyleigh (age 10)!
We have another contestant for the Official Gallant Girl Icon Contest! Gallant Girls & Guys, meet Kyleigh (age 10)! I don’t know about you, but I love that her character stands up for what and...
8/31/13 – Today’s Top 3 Things I Would Like to Tell My Daughter Going into Adulthood:
8/31/13 Today’s Top 3 Things I Would Like to Tell My Daughter Going into Adulthood: 1. Don’t be confused about what it means to be a “Lady”. You will read completely contrasting ideals, ideas, and...
People don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Simultaneously, people who are delusional hear only what they want to hear, twist the words of others, put words in other people’s mouths, and lie to more than themselves. Anything to not threaten the reality...
Don’t Let Anyone Put You on Layaway
It’s like the old adage says, “Actions speak louder than words.” It’s easy to say words, but it’s far less easy to make them come into fruition. Words without actions are like an empty box...
8/29/13 – Today’s Top 3 Things I Would Like to Tell My Daughter Going into Adulthood:
8/29/13 Today’s Top 3 Things I Would Like to Tell My Daughter Going into Adulthood: 1. There are always going to be people out there who want to “push your buttons”. Don’t let them. And...
8/28/2013 – Today’s Top 3 Things I Would Like to Tell My Daughter Going into Adulthood:
8/28/2013 Today’s Top 3 Things I Would Like to Tell My Daughter Going into Adulthood: 1. Enjoy old traditions, but continually make new ones with new people. Hopefully you’ll always remember all of our traditions;...