Glennon Doyle Melton began her online writing career in 2009, with the creation of her blog, Momastery. The funny, conversational and tell-all nature of her writing quickly gained popularity. Viral blog posts beginning with “2011 Lesson #2: Don’t Carpe Diem” led to the publication of her memoir, Carry On, Warrior and the growth of her […]

Born in 1895 to former slaves, Hattie McDaniel would go to become the first African American to receive an Academy Award. But she didn’t just break boundaries in film. Through her radio show The Beaulah Show, She also became the first black woman to sing on the radio in the U.S. McDaniel has two stars […]

Some see beauty in the broken places…others make beauty from the broken places. There’s a famous technique in Japan known as kintsugi. Translated, it means “golden joinery” or “to patch with gold”. It’s a technique that stitches together broken pottery using gold applied with laquer on the broken places, enhancing the breaks. The technique is also […]