Recently, I was privileged to be a part of an amazing event sponsored by my daughter, Heather Frierson, Editor-in-chief of Created Woman Magazine.  Through her website, magazine, and special events, such as Style Speaks, faith and fashion come together to encourage and empower women to become all God created them to be.

InFluential Magazine, based in Austin, summed the event up this way:

Taking a fresh spin on faith, Created Woman Magazine’s first ever “Style Speaks” event was held at Austin’s new Fiat showroom on Sunday, March 23^rd.  An eclectic group of women from various age groups & ethnicities were brought together by a shared passion for both fashion and faith in a unique event blending two interests that usually live in separate worlds.

I was on the panel as one of the writers who write for Created Woman website and magazine at this event.  I was there because it was Heather who invited me 4 years ago to be a writer for her, and it was at her suggestion that I published my book Helping Hurting Children:  A Journey of Healing.  I was brought to the place of continuing to live out my passion of helping children, long after my retirement from the teaching profession.

Crystal, my other daughter, was also a part of that panel and a speaker at the event.  She left a career in the corporate world to start her own coaching business to live out her passion as a faith, fitness and food designer for busy women.

Yes, I feel honored to be working alongside both my daughters for Created Woman Magazine, as well as a team of others on Heather’s staff who voluntarily give endless hours of their time and energies to get involved in helping empower women to become all God created them to be.  It definitely starts from the inside out; thus proving that faith and fashion does collide.

All of this brings me to the point that I want to make to you, my readers.

Just like Nehemiah who had the vision to restore the broken down walls of Jerusalem, he couldn’t do it alone; he had to have help.  Teamwork is what has brought Created Woman Magazine where it is today.  Those working with Heather don’t have the same vision or passion because we all are created to carry out a particular work God has called us to.  But hundreds of people believed in her vision and got involved, just as the workers did with Nehemiah’s vision of rebuilding the broken down walls of Jerusalem that had been in ruins for years.

And that’s what I am asking you to do with me — get involved with me to help hurting children.  Everywhere I go, people are always saying to me:  “This book is very much needed; there are a lot of hurting children in our society today.”  Yes there are, and I am passionate about helping them.  But, I need your help in doing so.

On my website are ways parents, grandparents, foster parents, school official, ministers, or any caring adult, for that matter, can get involved.  For more information, email me, and I will be glad to discuss this further with you.

May we all work together to become the catalyst in helping a child grow into adulthood free of hurts from his childhood.

Check out Heather’s Created Woman Faith & Fashion Magazine and Crystal’s Faith & Fitness website.