Inspiration Post

For my inspirational post this week, I was inspired by this picture I found on Pinterest. It really inspired me because I think that people do not really understand that not everything that happens, means the end of the world is near. I understand being heartbroken, sick of hurting, or tired of "the worst" things happening to you. I am such a firm believer of everything happens for a reason, and it has not let me down yet. Every single road that I have been led down, every path that i have taken, every decision I have made brings me to a new point in life. A lot of people need to understand instead of thinking about all of the bad things going on in your life and every upsetting thing that has you "mortified" or "broken" stay strong. Realize every door that closes opens a new one and you are never being rejected or deprived of something important in your life. It only means that something more important is on it's way. This was my inspiration for a lot of things that I have had to go through this past week. Instead of being hurt and sad over things that have happened, I keep hope in my heart and my future to believe that something better is just around the corner. Even if it takes you a little bit to find it.

Beauty Gap

How they started:

Amber Koonce was a college student who traveled to Ghana to work in a detention center and to help teach at a local school. When she was over there she had realized that none of the girls had any play dolls that looked anything like them. They were always white, or perfect, there was nothing they could have that looked anything like them. Amber did not agree with this. The dolls, who had bleach blonde hair and sparkling whit, perfect teeth, made these young women have a desire to not want to be themselves and look the way they do. They wanted to look more "Western" as they called it. The girls there started to attempt to manipulate themselves and their hair and skin. It became almost unhealthy. 

Amber has started "Beauty Gap" ever since which donates dolls of color and true life features to these girls so that they can realize they can be themselves, and still be perfect the way that they are. She calls them self-affirming dolls, and they seem to really be helping. 

How we can help:

By checking out www.beautygap.org and reading more about how her story has impacted girls in other countries. You can also help donate on their site and help them donate more and more dolls to orphanages in Ghana,Haiti, Kenya, and the Philippines.