
Happy Monday, dearest Pinkies. Christmas week has arrived and the New Year is right around the corner, which has me reflecting, pondering, and dreaming. Because this year was filled with so much change for me, as it was for all of us, I’m also reflecting on all of the key moments in my life that really brought me to where I am today. And that leads me to wonder what moments you’re reflecting on, too.

Hello dearest pinkies! I thought of you all today when I heard about a poem by Mary Oliver, "The Summer Day," long a mainstay of college admissions processes and orientations. (I've pasted it at the bottom of this post.) My sister, Weez, tells me that it is my great hope in life to be employed as a professional student. She's right.
What does it mean to be Owning Pink? Owning Pink is a perpetual state of being in which women embrace their femaleness, open themselves to creative expression, optimize their health and well-being, grow through communion with other women, and commit themselves to living authentically, never forgetting that, girls, after all, do want to have fun. As an OB/GYN, artist, writer, and teacher, Owning Pink evolved as a way for me to integrate all of my passions in service to others. It took me a long time to figure out how to do that, given that my skills are seemingly disparate.
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