It’s difficult to keep this woman down. Faith, family, and an indomitable spirit are her strongest weapons against adversity; and Karen Storek has known a few. In the 1980s Karen Storek moved her sons, aged 3 and 5, and her Bassett hound out of the home she shared with her husband at the time. “It [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘family’
September 17, 2010
Is Immigration A Women’s Issue?
Is immigration a women’s issue? You bet! The definition of the word immigration seems innocuous. Immigration, as defined at dictionary.com, is the act of immigrating. It is further defined as a group or number of immigrants. The word feels static, but the action of immigration affects the dynamics of families, neighborhoods, communities, and countries. Immigration [...]
July 19, 2010
A Daughter’s Decision to Marry is a Deadly Decision
After independence from Britain in 1947 India’s government elected to become secular country, and, as such, separated religion and state. Discrimination of a person based on caste was legally forbidden. Today, Indians are reported to have become more flexible in their caste system customs. Urban people reportedly are less strict about observance. However 72 percent [...]
June 10, 2010
Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, but Pride in Heritage, Family, and Faith Will Heal Them. Two Extraordinary Women’s Stories
“Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman Giving all your love to just one man You’ll have bad times And he’ll have good times Doing things that you don’t understand…” (Excerpt of lyrics Stand by Your Man, co-written by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill) Radmilla Cody may have grown up unfamiliar with the lyrics of [...]
March 4, 2010
Confessions of an Author
I have a confession to make. My new book Living in the Heartland: Three Extraordinary Women’s Stories is not a story about three women. It’s actually a story about four women. I am the fourth woman. While Nancy, Ife and Ellyn, the three heroines in my nonfiction story, belong to racial minorities my story is [...]
