Queen Clara is truly a millenium women. She enjoys tackling lifes complexities head on with a passion especially it when empowers others.
Clara is known for her passion for helping women feel and look confident. Her heart is genuine in empowering women on health and beauty tips.
Training started at an early age with charm school and followed later with modeling school. Clara has modeled for a variety of designers and trained as a makeup artist.
30 yrs as a Registered Nurse, Clara strongly believes in being proactive when it comes to health. Her clients feel safe and confident. It is her philosophy, "Every women should feel like a queen.
Growing up was quite different. Both parents were from opposite pendulums. My Fathers mother, was a liberal in her own right. She believed in women being educated. Iola Mabray's famous saying to her grandchildren was, "Mama may have and Papa may have, but God bless the child that has his own." Education, Independence and Equality were her motto's. I remember her back in the 1960's formulating programs with the colleges in Providence, Rhode Island to enhance the opportunities for higher education and financial assistance to anyone who truly desired the opportunity. She was a true pioneer. Many of the programs she founded are still in existance today nationwide.
My Mother's family were entraprenours and were from the Kentucky and Southern Indiana region. The philosophy was Women were seen and not heard. A way to a man's heart was through is stomach. At the age of 16, my Aunt sat me down and told me she didn't believe in women voting. When the Man of the House came home, a meal should be prepared. Aunt Edith believed women should handle the money. Bills and household expenses were to be handled first. A small portion for emergencies and the rest should be given back to the Man of the house as his spending money.. I had just come of age and that was one of my many lessons in life. Thank goodness for my modern day Aunties.
Being a Daddy's girl and an, "Army Brat" offered valuable lessons that I still recall even today. I remember as a child living in Germany during the Thanksgiving Holiday. A bus load of children came to our home and our neighbors. It was fun at first, but that didn't last long. My favorite toys were being taken and my red metal car was being driven, and they wouldn't share my toys with me. I rememberbecoming angry. My dad knelt down and looking me in the eyes and said, Clara, these children don't have any parents. They live in an orphanage. They don't have a home and all the toys that you have. Can you find it in your heart to share your toys a little while longer. You know how to give and share. It was during these times with my dad that I learned the fundamentals of being able to look beyond myself and give to others..
As I grew older , I still recall the conversations my dad shared with me. When I am down and feeling low. I can still hear him tell me that I am his Precious Gem. My value is to be appreciated. If any man cannot treasure me.Then he needed to give me back. He would rather I be given back then misused or abused. He loved me too much to see me hurt unecessarily. Dad felt that way about all his girls.
I recall my midget brothers and sister watching me and keeping me out of trouble. My brother taught me how to catch a ball using a glove. He placed me in front of a wooden shed. Threw the hard ball at me and said, " Catch or get hit. After a few hard hits from the ball. I learned how to catch and play baseball.
I also remember vividly a hard lesson from my brother: " The Power of the Mind"
I will never forget this lesson. I still remember it as though it happened just yesterday. I was in sixth grade and we we
were walking down the gravel road after being dropped of by the school bus. We would cross the bridge and see the water moccasins in the water. I would throw rocks and run. These snake were notorious for coming after you. We would walk a mile to the house. I remember we were playing around and my brother pushed me in the bushes. I felt a sharp pain and noticed I was bleeding on my fingers. I thought nothing of it at first. My brother looked at me and stated, " are you alright?" You just got bit my that snake hidden in that bush. He moved so quickly you didn't see him. He was poisonous. My brother told me I was going to die. I remember crying and pleading for him to run and get help. My brother proceeded to tell me all the signs and symptoms to expect. I in return began to feel them. I felt my legs get so heavy and it was becoming increasingly difficut to walk and breathe.. I was scared. I knew I was going to die. I was truly experiencing shortness of breath. Walking became very difficult. My legs just didn't want to move.
Suddenly, he started laughing and stated it was just a thorn bush. He was just playing but felt he had to stop before something happened. I not only was angry but I felt so stupid. I took on and accepted the negativity spoken to me. What scares me the most is that I truly took on those symptoms and thought I was going to die.
How many of us take on the thoughts and words of others? Words do hurt and they do kill. They hurt our feeling and kill our dreams. We must protect our minds from the negative thoughts. Our brain doesn't know fact from fiction it only knows what its told.
We are Queens and our presentation in life make a difference not only in our lives,it also impacts on the lives of others.
Be Blessed
Clara
