It took the not-so-gentle nudges from my dear husband, Rob to spark my interest in this book project, Poems of Hope: Inspiring Verse for Confidence and Joy, which is now for sale at Amazon, BarnesandNoble.com, Walmart.com, BookLocker.com and elsewhere. While I write professionally for a living, I haven’t always excelled at achieving my creative writing […]
Creating Striations: Defining 2013
By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Pensive, yet excited. Intellectually wrung, yet physically and emotionally rested. Lingering, deliberating, strategizing, planning, poised for renewed momentum. The days between Christmas and New Year’s are gently stretched and pulled with the weight of contemplation, and hope. Renewed resolve to complete the incomplete and start the unstarted provide momentum and hope. The […]
“Be Inspired”: 10 People Who Inspirit Me!
By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter For me, being inspired is important. That is one of the many (many) traits that motivated me to marry Rob; he is inspirational. “He makes me want to be a better woman” – adapting a favorite Jack Nicholson quote from As Good As It Gets. In recently very public posts, HERE and HERE, I’ve laid […]