"It is my steadfast belief that every child deserves an education, and every child’s future begins with a pencil."

Retta Jitner, Founder & President, Pencils For Kids, Inc.

I recently had the pleasure of meeting Retta Jitner, founder of Pencils for Kids, Inc. an organization that provides school uniforms, notebooks and yes, pencils, along with other school supplies, to children in parts of the world that do not have the chance to attend school.  Her story starts as every good story starts: with a breakthrough AHA! moment.

“It takes time to heal.  You have to concentrate every day on the healing process.”

Dominique Romero, Breast Cancer Survivor, Artist, Builder

I recently interviewed a remarkable young woman, Dominique, who survived a very aggressive form of breast cancer. She has used her creative spirit and her art to transform her journey with cancer into a journey of LIFE.  "I am a woman, connected to life.  Every action, every non-action has a consequence …

Love Notes: From a Mother to her Daughter.

I have been meaning to introduce Devon Williams to the Wings community for quite some time.  She is a remarkable woman, professional, mother, spouse and a breast cancer survivor.  Devon is the founder of One in Eight Photos (www.oneineightphotos.com) and gives beauty new meaning to those who have survived breast cancer.

Devon is inspirational, compassionate and very creative.  I devote this article to her and her lovely thoughts for tomorrow’s Mother Day, May 8^th, 2011.

I recently worked with Kim Abeles on the installation of her major exhibition entitled “Pearls of Wisdom,” a two-year project that involved working with 800 survivors of domestic violence and the outstanding organization, A Window between Worlds, one of my favorite organizations, (awbw.org.) This art exhibit is based on the powerful metaphor of pearls, essentially grains of sand that are irritants to the oyster that become things of beauty.