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Be Pink Collar Savvy & Chic,
~ Pink Collar Coach
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Pink Collar Coach’s Positivity Post – November 3, 2019
It’s another Pink Collar Savvy & Chic on Purpose morning, and I’m feeling thankful for Daylight Savings and the extra hour of sleep from falling back! I’m facing a D –– personal and professional barriers or challenges women face –– in the form of my asthma diagnosis. Add that to a seasonal cold and I was up most of the night. I still want to make it to church and teach faith based Zumba afterwards.
As always, God is faithful and supplies all of my needs. He made a way for me to minimize my barrier and maximize beauty and my best life –– In the form of a good D – Daylight Savings!
I pray you’ll be Pink Collar Savvy and Chic and enjoy the blessing of an extra hour today! And don’t forget to set your clocks back if you haven’t already!
Be savvy & chic,
~Pink Collar Coach
Pink Collar Coach’s Positivity Post – August 25, 2019 (via Beth Moore event)
Good morning, Pink Collar Swans,
Another takeaway from this weekend’s Living Proof Live 2019 Beth Moore event. I’ve shared this Scripture before, but not this translation which was included in our study guide. If you’re anything like me and are grappling with any personal or professional decisions – another of the Ds or challenges women face ––– it’s so good to know our Heavenly gives us sound judgment.
As you prayerfully consider all the pros, cons and implications of your decision, my prayer is that you be Pink Collar Savvy & Chic and not fear but move forward confidently in this knowledge that He’s fully equipped you with everything you need to make the best choices in order to minimize your barriers and to maximize beauty and your best life.
Be savvy & chic,
~Pink Collar Coach
Pink Collar Coach’s Positivity Post – August 24, 2019 (via Beth Moore Event)
Dear Pink Collar Swans,
What a transformational weekend I’ve spent with one of my dearest Swan Sisters at Living Proof Live with Beth Moore! My cup is running over with all I want to share, but for now, until I can process, here is an excerpt from our study handout:
I pray you will be Pink Collar Savvy & Chic and let these truths sink into the depths of your soul today and always.
Be savvy & chic,
~Pink Collar Coach
Pink Collar Coach’s Positivity Post – August 20, 2019
Pink Collar Savvy & Chic Swans,
This morning as I pray about many of the Ds –– challenges women face ––– in the form of debt, death, depression, diagnosis, divorce, domestic disputes, domestic violence, drug and alcohol addiction, dysfunctional relationships, etc., I’m reminded of a truth from a children’s book –– It could always be worse. That’s not meant to minimize the emotions, pain and suffering these Ds bring, but to bring perspective. No matter how devastating our Ds, if we look for His hand in the situation, we’ll find God’s provision, comfort, care, guidance, deliverance, peace, healing and love for us and will be able to see how we’re blessed in the midst of our mess. And that it could always be worse.
That’s my prayer for you today. That you’ll be Pink Collar Savvy & Chic and view your situation from this positive lens. When you do so, even if you’re unable to change or minimize the barrier itself, you’re mindset will be transformed and enable you to minimize the negative impact it has on you so you can maximize beauty and your best life. All to His glory.
Be Savvy & Chic ,
~Pink Collar Coach
Pink Collar Coach’s Positivity Post – August 15, 2019
Dear Pink Collar Savvy & Chic Swans,
As my 9th and 10th grader head back to school this morning, I’m reminded of all their firsts and lasts. Though Liv is petite and can fit inside her locker –– with the door closed –– it’s not often I get to hold her or her brother in my arms…May the following poem remind us all to cherish not only our children’s firsts and lasts, but all of life’s.
~Pink Collar Coach
Let Me Hold You Longer
By Karen Kingsbury
Long ago you came to me,
a miracle of firsts:
First smiles and teeth and baby steps,
a sunbeam on the burst.
But one day you will move away
and leave to me your past,
And I will be left thinking of
a lifetime of your lasts . . .
The last time that I held a bottle
to your baby lips.
The last time that I lifted you
and held you on my hip.
The last night when you woke up crying,
needing to be walked,
When last you crawled up with your blanket
wanting to be rocked.
The last time when you ran to me,
still small enough to hold.
The last time that you said you’d marry
me when you grew old.
Precious, simple moments and
bright flashes from your past –
Would I have held on longer if
I’d known they were your last?
Our last adventure to the park,
your final midday nap,
The last time when you wore your favorite
faded baseball cap.
Your last few hours of kindergarten,
those last days of first grade.
Your last at bat in Little League,
last colored picture made.
I never said good-bye to all
your yesterdays long passed.
So what about tomorrow –
will I recognize your lasts?
The last time that you catch a frog
in that old backyard pond.
The last time that you run barefoot
across our fresh-cut lawn.
Silly, scattered images
will represent your past.
I keep on taking pictures,
never quite sure of your lasts . . .
The last time that I comb your hair
or stop a pillow fight.
The last time that I pray with you
and tuck you in at night.
The last time when we cuddle
with a book, just me and you.
The last time you jump in our bed
and sleep between us two.
The last piano lesson,
last vacation to the lake.
Your last few weeks of middle school
last soccer goal you make.
I look ahead and dream of days
that haven’t come to pass.
But as I do, I sometimes miss
today’s sweet, precious lasts . . .
The last time that I help you with
a math or spelling test.
The last time when I shout that yes,
your room is still a mess.
The last time that you need me for
a ride from here to there.
The last time that you spend the night
with your old tattered bear.
My life keeps moving faster,
stealing precious days that pass.
I want to hold on longer –
want to recognize your lasts . . .
The last time that you need my help
with details of a dance.
The last time that you ask me for
advice about romance.
The last time that you talk to me
about your hopes and dreams.
The last time that you wear a jersey
for your high school team.
I’ve watched you grow and barely noticed
seasons as they pass.
If I could freeze the hands of time,
I’d hold on to your lasts.
For come some bright fall morning,
you’ll be going far away.
College life will beckon
in a brilliant sort of way.
One last hug, one last good-bye,
one quick and hurried kiss.
One last time to understand
just how much you’ll be missed.
I’ll watch you leave and think how fast
our time together passed.
Let me hold on longer, God, to every precious last.
(c) 2004 by Karen Kingsbury, Tyndale House Publishers.
Pink Collar Coach’s Positivity Post – August 14, 2019 – Last Day of Summer Break
Little did I know it when one of my most special Swan Soul Sisters, Kibby, and I had our first swim this summer that it might also be our last of the season. Life hit her hard with a family medical emergency while she already splits her time between two states caring for her mother who suffered a stroke last year. Though we normally spend several lazy summer days lounging by the pool, we haven’t made it back since this photo. I didn’t post it originally because of how cooky my hat looks plus the readers on top of my head! Not a good look!. But now that my kiddos head back to school tomorrow and she’ll soon head back to her hometown since the medical emergency is thankfully under control, it makes this moment more memorable ––– cooky hat, glasses and all.
As summer break winds down for many of us, I pray you’ll be Pink Collar Savvy & Chic on Purpose and find ways to mark the meaningful moments. For me it’s posting a pic that I normally may not. Not only as a way to mark the last day of summer break, but to be intentional about expressing gratitude for my many blessings, like time with a special Swan Sister who helps me to minimize my barriers and maximize beauty and my best life.
Be Savvy & Chic,
~Pink Collar Coach
Pink Collar Coach’s Positivity Post – August 13, 2019
My sweet Sister-in-law, Sue and my Zumba mentor/Swan Sister, Marina, both blessed me with TJ Maxx gift cards for my birthday last month. I spent them both well and had a few dollars left over, so I snapped up these Rachel Ashwell tumblers from the clearance aisle for $2 a piece. They now serve as Shabby Chic medicine cabinet storage. Shabby Chic Room Spray bottles (also from TJ’s) are too beautiful to be tucked away and line the top. It may sound silly, but my Shabby Chic medicine cabinet made my morning and getting ready for work lovely!
Stylish storage solutions can help minimize disorganization –– a D or challenge women face –– and will help you maximize beauty and your best life! I pray your day is Pink Collar Savvy & Chic, organized and filled with things that make it for you, too!
Be Savvy & Chic,
~ Pink Collar Coach
Pink Collar Coach’s Positivity Post
Prepping for my daughter’s
Shabby Chic Sweet 16!
The birth of my daughter coincides with me developing boundaries. In that way, it helped me to minimize my barriers and to maximize beauty and my best life. So blessed by her!
Pray you have a beautiful day leading into the weekend!
-Pink Collar Coach
Pink Collar Coach’s Positivity Post – July 27, 2019
Last night probably marked the end of what has become the 50th Birthday month! Such a blessing to be with friends, true Swan Soul Sisters I’ve had for a literally half of my life –– one who knows me so well she set my place at the table with a plate that is so Pink Collar Savvy & Chic –– down to the pink & green!
Friends who really get you help to minimizing life’s Ds –– the challenges women face –– and help us maximize beauty and our best lives. Pray you’ll be Pink Collar Savvy & Chic choose to surround yourself with the women who know and celebrate the Authentic You too.
Be savvy & chic,
~Pink Collar Coach
