The Art of Resilience

Silke Endress, Lifestyle of the Lady CEO, International Professional Women’s Magazine                        Summer 2009

A Note From The Chief Executive Editor, CeCe Cole

WOW!  Can you believe that we are already in the seventh month of the year two thousand and nine!  I have to work hard to keep up with time and I know God is challenging me to accomplish what He has for me in this season, at this time.

I encourage all women to persevere in the economic climate we are all forced to contend with.  Women are resilient, we have this innate ability to reach deep within for creative opportunities to provide for our children, hold down a job, cook, clean, take care of our significant other, and still look good and walk with pride in the midst of it all.  The Art of Resilience!

We chose this topic, looked for a cover lady that has been in the game for a long time, weathered several storms with grace, and still manage to keep it all together.  I chose Elizabeth Taylor for her lifelong impact on my life.  I remember watching Liz when I was a child and always thought how incredibly beautiful she was and I loved her flair; she was sexy, witty, confident, demanding, alluring, transformative, and meaningful.

As the years would go by she would encounter several challenges in her personal life with such grace and ease, it was her artistry of resilience that makes her a favorite to many women both old and young.

Also in this issue you will meet women whom I applaud for their apparent strength and determination to survive cancer.  Everyday I pray for them each and thank God for their resilience.

Get to know Chief Judge Leah Ward Sears, the first woman and first African-American elected to such an office in Georgia, and Terri Murphy the power forward in communications.

Be on the move, read the profiles of the ladies featured in this issue and be empowered to stay relevant, reinvent your fashion style, change the decor in your home, chose a healthier lifestyle, go to the spa to be rejuvenated, get a good Word that feed your spirit, listen to the amazing genre of jazz, take in a good movie, pray over your finances, above all stay resilience, model supernatural success!

CeCe Cole, Chief Executive Editor

Silke Endress, Lifestyle of the Lady CEO

President Obama Restoring America

President Obama on Restoring America.  Whether you are Republican or Democrat this is America.  What steps are we taking in the restoration of America the Beauty, how should we restore her.

It is time for ALL Americans to understand the dangers of dividing this country; we are asleep at the wheel.  We must immediately put our selfish political aspirations aside and realize that we are tearing at the fabrics of this great nation.

 As we continue having partisan attacks like little kids having tantrums in the mall, we must remember that we are the Capitol of the World and regardless of who is president or what party affiliation has the majority or minority, collectively we are Americans and this is America.  It is not about those politicians, it’s about our children, our children’s children, and it’s about us.  Someone will have to step up and lead this country.

How do we restore America for Americans?