I'm sure we have heard the say­ing that in or­der to un­der­stand the fu­ture, you need to un­der­stand the past. Is this true? This week we share sto­ries of women who may en­cour­age us to live on, women who re­mind us of what to do and what not to do, and women who show us from where we have come and how far. Read in­spir­ing sto­ries of gift­ed per­sons who share their gift of mu­sic and art to shape young minds, and a cor­po­rate who con­tin­ues to fight can­cer with fit­ness.

Get great ad­vice on how to find love again, and in­sight­ful tips on how to live well, dress and en­joy life one mo­ment at a time. On this jour­ney of life our ex­pe­ri­ences are many, what­ev­er hap­pens, hap­pens for a rea­son- some­times they ter­ri­fy­ing, some­times joy­ful, some­times painful, but with each dif­fi­cul­ty, there is an op­por­tu­ni­ty and with each op­por­tu­ni­ty there is pos­si­bil­i­ty. So, here's to life.

Lisa Jes­samy

As­so­ciate Ed­i­tor

Spe­cial Pub­li­ca­tions Unit