Women's History Month - Carrie M. Warford

Women's History Month: I would like to honor my Mother Carrie M. Warford, she is a Mother to five sons and one daughter ME! =)  My Moma married early while in high school to escape a not so nice step mother, resulting in having children early in her marriage to my Dad. She didn't work or drive it was the middle 1950 to early 1960's Dad was the bread winner and she took great care of us! Not one day were we hungry or not have a place to stay, and by no means were we wealthy closer to poverty, yet we always went to church and gave to others. The year I had my oldest daughter my parents finalized their divorce after 23yrs of marriage. Since that day in 1978, I have NEVER seen anything short of unwavering strength from my Moma. This is why at age 75yrs old she works full-time almost 7 days a week, and is the strongest I've ever seen!

For me at least she qualifies to be recognized as a pillar of Women's History Month!

Seven Percent from a Ninety Year Old Woman

Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio


To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written.

My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short – enjoy it.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Stay true to yourself.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye, but don't worry, God never blinks.

16.. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful. Clutter weighs you down in many ways.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19.. It's never too late to be happy. But it’s all up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative of dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. Accept what you already have, not what you need

42. The best is yet to come...

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

Its estimated 93% won't share this. If you are one of the 7% who will, share this with the title '7%'.

I'm in the 7%. Friends are the family that we choose.

Nomination for a Chance to Win $5,000 Give-away for Good Contest

The Warford Foundation is pleased to announce that we have been nominated for a chance to win $5,000 in the $25k Giveaway for Good contest. Held in honor of WLR Automotive Group's 25th year of service, the contest will award $5,000 each to the five top vote getters to complete their project for Good.

Public voting begins on January 7, 2013 at the contest website, www.25kgiveawayforgood.com. If you go to the site before voting officially opens, you can sign up for email reminders that will alert you when to begin casting your votes. The top five candidates receiving the highest number of votes by midnight on January 24, 2013 will each be awarded a $5,000 donation. Individuals may vote up to once per day, so we urge you to let the community know that you pick The Warford Foundation as your project of choice!

Thank you very much,

Parthenia Warford
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A Salute to our Female Veterans

Veterans are most likely known to be male, not until lately are our Female Veteran's have come to the forefront

We would like to a salute female veterans that also serve as Chief Operating Executives (CEO) and Founder of non-profit organizations that helps others withing the military and their families.

She is a Wife, Mom, U.S. Marine, Poet, Writer/Blogger and Child Advocate. Founder of Operation Heroes Connect Tee Marie was recently featured in Newsweek Magazine

In Iraq, A Mom Marine’s Urge to Serve Nov 5, 2012 1:00 AM EST During the run up to the Iraq War, Tee Hanible, a young Marine working a desk job, asked to be deployed. It meant leaving her child behind. What makes a mother of a 3-year-old girl feel such a powerful need to sacrifice for her country?

That was Tawanda Hanible’s brother, Lindell, running down the sister who had always shown him up in school. Lindell was two years older and already a Marine. He told “Tee,” as she was called, “you’re too girly.” He forgot that she was also stubborn as a fence post. The odds had been against Tee from birth. Her biological father was shot and killed when she was an infant. She was raised in a strict foster home on Chicago’s deep South Side. Minnie Hudson, who lat­er adopted her and her brother, had four children of her own. Anywhere from two to 20 foster children rotated through Hud­son’s three-bedroom apartment, sleeping three in a room or on a couch or floor. At 15, Tee turned rebellious. Drugs had saturated the South Side like a plague. Crime went rampant. Drive-by shoot­ings picked off some of her friends. Tee lost her way. “Poor grades, wrong crowd,” was the rap on this once-star student. When word surfaced that her best friend was going to be jumped, Tee’s teenage rebellion found a cause. She smashed the glass on a fire alarm. “Run, take the side exit!” she shouted. The girl escaped a beating. For this tiny act of personal heroism, Tee was thrown out of school. Hudson, the only mom she knew, and dearly loved, was now in her 70's and sapped by a stroke. Too weak to reverse the backsliding of the brightest and most talented of all her children, Hudson sent the girl off to a paramilitary reform school in rural Illinois. Lincoln’s Challenge, run by the National Guard, gave Tee the structure and discipline she craved. She graduated with a scholarship for college. Read entire article Checkout Operation Heroes Connect

Presidential Proclamation -- Military Family Month, November 2012

We celebrate our military families not just in November but every month, Parthenia our CEO & Founder is a disabled veteran retired from the Army with a passion for our Nation's military widows.  We have several events during the year to help widows and children of our Heroes as a result of September 11, 2001.

Please take a moment to browse some of our photographs gallery from 2011-12 events