Woman of the Month: A Day in the Life of Yvonne Crum | Model Behaviors

Woman of the Month: A Day in the Life of Yvonne Crum (Giveaway)

When you’re the “fundraising queen of Dallas,” your schedule is jam packed! Yvonne’s biggest event of the year is the Fashion Stars for a Cause gala to benefit the Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas. She’s already organizing for next year’s event, but you can usually see her bright, smiling face at countless events for several different organizations throughout the year.

Right now, her husband of forty-nine years is staying at a rehab center after a serious fall, so her schedule isn’t following its usual patterns. But that’s nothing new for any of our Women of the Month. Each day brings a new challenge, a new to-do list, and a new twist. Yvonne handles her day with grace and determination, somehow managing to stay on top of her volunteer and charity duties while also being a loving, supportive presences for her family.

Take a peek into a day in the life of Yvonne Crum and then enter our very special Fashion Stars giveaway at the bottom of this post!

November 14, 2016February 10, 2017

The Monday Menu Revisited: Kung Pao Shrimp and Wasabi Quinoa

For the rest of November, we’re going to be taking a peek into the Monday Menu vault to find some of our most popular fall recipes. First up is Kung Pao Shrimp and Wasabi Quinoa!

Sometimes the old taste buds are calling for something different, but there’s nothing worse than going to the grocery store and not being able to find the more rare ingredients listed. Here’s one of my favorite recipes with an easy-to-find ingredient list. Plus, you can whip this healthy dish up in less than thirty minutes. Today on The Monday Menu, bring a kung pao pop into your kitchen!

November 8, 2016November 6, 2016

It’s Election Day!

Today is election day! If you haven’t already gotten out there and early voted, today is THE day. Google has made it so easy for you. Just open the main page, click on the Google doodle, and find a polling station near you. Or if you’re on your phone, simply type in “nearest polling location” and Google will pull it right up.

It’s so important, especially for us ladies, to get out there and vote. It’s empowering, and when enough of us speak up and use our voices, we can and do make a difference. Good luck out there and may your polling station have short, quick lines.

Now go vote!

Wellness Wednesday: TOGETHERNESS

Earlier this week I wrote about our theme word for the month, togetherness. In it, I talked about Friscovania and how it showed me what we are capable of when we work together. One of our Frights of the Round Table, Lana Adams, summed it up perfectly on Instagram. “It’s amazing what we can accomplish when we don’t care who gets the credit.” We came together for a greater purpose, and it was humbling, inspiring, and emotional.

You can read that post here.

Since we’re getting back into our normal Model Behaviors swing post-Friscovania, one of our most popular series, Wellness Wednesday, is making its triumphant return!

I loved seeing Allison Hyde’s gorgeous hand-lettering throughout the stadium in the form of our Friscovania logo, so it’s great to have her back this week to illustrate our Word of the Month, togetherness.

With our presidential election and Thanksgiving coming up this month, we thought this was an apt word to keep in mind. Please share what togetherness means to you in our comments!

October 31, 2016November 1, 2016

A Note From: Friscovania & the Frights of the Round Table

Togetherness: 1. warm fellowship, as among members of a family 2. the quality, state, or condition of being together.

The best friendships happen over time. Sometimes the how and when and why we met are forgotten—irrelevant. The important thing is that we’re together now, and if and when one day we’re not, our friendship will never be forgotten. There’s no need to describe these friendships with a million adjectives. They just are. They’re a feeling, a knowing, and an unconditional acceptance.

Even if one day, God forbid, a member of this togetherness falls ill and is given a week to live, the other members will come together to draw strength and give love in kind, gentle gestures—like combing her hair when she no longer has the strength, sharing funny memories to make her smile even when she’s sleeping, and wiping her face with warm cloths, preserving her dignity.

Our togetherness is bonded for life because of this experience. It was a group effort, a constant battle of balance. When one would feel weak, another would provide strength, and none of us ever let each other down. We became one-big-devoted-motley crew, a family.

And after our dear Kelly succumbed to stage IV breast cancer in May, we realized that our work wasn’t done. This cancer had taken such a young and vibrant life so fast and unexpectedly, but her story didn’t have to end. It resides in all of us.