Celebrating Leah Still's Victory over Cancer, Books of the Year 2015

Hello and welcome to the Girls Succeed! blog.

I hope you're having a great start to the New Year 2016!!

Good News this morning about five-year-old Leah Still, daughter of professional football player, Devon Still. She has been battling cancer for eighteen months, but today she is cancer free!!! Time to celebrate this little girl's amazing victory over cancer. You go, GRRL. I think we should call her Leah Strong. What do you think?

Celebrating five-year-old Leah Still's winning her battle with cancer!

Books of the Year 2015

Do you like to read? If so, check out the American Library Associations Books of the Year including the 2015 Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, Coretta Scott King  award winners. Check out the CNN article for more information about all these amazing books and videos for all ages.

Girl Reading

What is your favorite book for kids? Mine is Charlotte's Web. Leave a comment below, please. I know, I know. There are so many great books. It's difficult to choose just one!

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J.Q. Rose

Achieve your Goals in 2016!

Happy New Year 2016

Time to celebrate the end of 2015 

and to usher in new year 2016.

A New Year means new chances, 

new opportunities, new goals. 

What do you want to achieve this year? 

Achieving your goals.

Wishing you all the best in 2016!

Happy Thanksgiving

Gratitude quote by A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

Can you tuck all the reasons you are thankful this season inside your heart? I bet you can.

Wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving 

from J.Q. Rose

Pray for the People of Paris

Prayers for the People of Paris

Keeping the people of Paris and France 

and our world leaders in my prayers. 

Prayer is powerful. Please join me in praying for peace. 

Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) Veterans Honored, Veterans Day 2015

"Our Eyes are on the Stars", the title of the float, celebrates the courage of the Women Airforce Service Pilots.

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Because of the Wingtip to Wingtip Association float in the 2014 Rose Parade, the 1102 women who served their country as Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) received recognition for their contribution to the war in 1942-1944. These brave trailblazers dreamed of flying for their nation. Because there was a shortage of male pilots for combat duty, the women pushed to become pilots in order to free up the men for fighting the war. The WASP group members were assigned to ferry military planes between military bases in the USA and flights from aircraft factories to ports of embarkation. They also towed targets for live anti-aircraft artillery practice, simulated strafing missions, and transported cargo. A few exceptionally qualified women were allowed to test rocket-propelled planes, to pilot jet-propelled planes, and to work with radar-controlled targets.

The reproduction of the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the WASP decorates the side of the float. The 38 stars around the medal salute the 38 WASP who lost their lives in service to their country.

The courageous women  were not considered members of the military and received no recognition as veterans until 1977 when the WASP records were unsealed. According to Wikipedia, on July 1, 2009 President Barack Obama and the United States Congress awarded the WASP the Congressional Gold Medal. During the ceremony President Obama said, "The Women Airforce Service Pilots courageously answered their country's call in a time of need while blazing a trail for the brave women who have given and continue to give so much in service to this nation since. Every American should be grateful for their service, and I am honored to sign this bill to finally give them some of the hard-earned recognition they deserve." 

More than 15000 red Freedom roses decorate the length of the float.

The first issue of the Fifinella Gazette was published February 10, 1943. The female gremlin Fifinella was conceived by Roald Dahl and drawn by Walt Disney, and used as the official WASP mascot that appeared on their shoulder patches.

The Girls Succeed blog salutes the WASP who opened the skies to later generations of female pilots in the military. Thank you to all those who serve in the USA military service both past and present.

Thank a vet this Veterans Day, November 11, 2015.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween

If you celebrate Halloween, have a happy, safe time! 

BOO!

Trick or Treat?

Save some candy for me!!

Young Author Aija Mayrock: Stop the Bullying

Something About Bullying: Pay It Forward with Aija Mayrock

This morning a young woman's voice broke through with a message about bullying. Aija Mayrock has appeared as a guest and written articles on the subject because Aija Mayrock became the target of bullies when she was only eight years old. This continued until she finally got help at fifteen. She didn't tell anyone, not even her parents, that she endured name-calling, physical confrontations, and cyber bullying.

Watch Aija tell her story in this YouTube video and discover what to do if you are being bullied.

VIDEO:

Something About Bullying: Pay It Forward with Aija Mayrock

from You Tube

Have you been bullied or are you being bullied? Tell your parents, your teacher, someone you trust. Don't suffer alone like Aija did. 

Aija wants to stop bullying so she wrote The Survival Guide to Bullying. 

From Amazon-"Written by a teenager who was bullied throughout middle school and high school, this kid-friendly book offers a fresh and relatable perspective on bullying. Along the way, the author offers guidance as well as different strategies that helped her get through even the toughest of days."

See if your teacher or school library has a copy for you. To learn more about the e-book and/or to purchase, click the book cover below.