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My name is Kathy and I am a white, married woman, 54 years young. I own my own computer business in Lompoc, Calif., and I enjoy the luxury of being able to do most of my work from home. Why did I create/started, this blog? For the sole purpose of allowing women to ask questions, make comments, and relate their experiences about Empowering themselves. As women we take on many roles. Some of us are mothers, some are housewives, some have jobs, but we all have one thing in common, we are WOMEN.  We have a responsibility to own destiny. We can be rich or poor, healthy or sick, in control or out of control, we can choose to do something with our lives or we can choose to let life pass us by. 

Dr. Phil says, “We need to teach people how to treat us”. We need to apply that statement to ourselves. We need to learn to trust and respect ourselves. We need to be confident in our life choices. Our future is in our own hands.

What kind of future will that be for you? Will you be broke or possibly just getting by on Social Security? Will you have your health? Will you have a circle of friends you enjoy spending time with? Will you be able to do those things that you enjoy doing? Will you be able to afford to do those things?  Or will you be floundering in a world that you know little about because you berried your head in the sand, your “role”, and or your job?

Here is a short, but true story. I have an older friend. She is a wonderful caring person. She is married to a great guy who is a retired due to heart problems. They have 4 grown children and 13 ½ grandchildren. They live in a modest home with one of their children and 4 ½ grand children (one of them is only there on weekends). Space in this 3 bedroom home with converted 1 car garage (their bedroom) is tight. Her health is modest. She has back problems and is on some medications. Due to her age she is on Medicare, but here is the rub. Her husband had a Union job with all the benefits and all of the retirement benefits. However, and this is a big one, when he is gone so are his benefits. She is left to pay the mortgage on the house, buy food, pay utilities, pay insurance, pay her medical expenses, and pay and pay and pay.  She is at an age where only part time work might fit into her life of taking care of the grandchildren in her home. Where will the money come from? Knowing the family as I do the adult children will pitch in and make sure she has her needs are met. BUT she will be at their mercy. She will not be in control. That is not to say they will not be there for her, but to say that it will be on their terms. Sad but true.  

This is not a place that I would want to find myself, hence the blog, a place where we can all share our ideas, experiences, and stories to help empower our futures.

Shaping your future financially, physically, and emotionally.

Relate your ideas.

Tell your stories.

Share your resources.

The only rules: No hateful postings, they will be deleted. No racism, or porn, no links to any of the heretofore mentioned they too will be deleted. That’s it. Enjoy.