by Mary Marcia Brown | Diet & Weight Loss, Life Lessons, Mind & Body
The pulsating percussion and laconic Latin rhythm of the music resonating on the basketball court caused passersby to pause and consider finding a place among the hundreds who reliably show up for ZUMBA class at the gym each week. Some, whose interest had been...
by Mary Marcia Brown | Family & Parenting, Hair & Makeup/Style & Fashion, Relationships
The little girl, with long locks of strawberry blonde, bolted from one side of the boutique to the other, laughing boisterously. She weaved in and out of the display shelves that had been meticulously stacked with the latest spring trends. The satin swept her rosy...
by Mary Marcia Brown | Aging & Anti-Aging, Diet & Weight Loss, Health
Michelle was a size five in high school. She weighed one-hundred ten pounds and was quite athletic. In addition to being the head cheerleader of her Southern High Cougars cheerleading squad, Michelle played tennis and volleyball. In her free time, she could often be...
by Mary Marcia Brown | Emotional & Mental Health, Family & Parenting, Relationships
Sarah had grown up an only child of a single mother. She had shared birthdays with baby dolls her mother nearly shoved in her direction with an obligatory “Happy Birthday” that held a lack of sincerity that even a seven year old could detect. She had wished upon...