I assume, there comes a time when there are no words to be said about tim­ing, exis­tence, mean­ing, and life in gen­eral. And some­times, there are those split sec­onds when time, exis­tence, and mean­ing make sense. Aside from the indi­vid­u­al­ity we all seek, there is a con­stant strug­gle between how we per­ceive our­selves to be and how we actu­ally are? For­give me, but the answer still eludes me. I pon­der in mind. these very ques­tions. But what makes life worth­while is the lit­tle, but very sub­tle indif­fer­ences that throw you off beat and make  you real­ize that obvi­ously life is worth the effort of mov­ing for­ward. It’s not the spo­radic hel­los, nor the com­mon cliche’s…sometimes it’s as small as a smile from some­one you’ve never met before or the per­son along side the street that you see, and the look in their eyes says it all. Indi­vid­u­al­ity is achiev­able on many dif­fer­ent lev­els, but con­tent­ment in that indi­vid­u­al­ity con­sumes a whole other side of me that I don’t under­stand even to this day.

Con­stantly clouded and unin­hib­ited at the same time is a dis­tance set so far apart but yet so near that you real­ize the close­ness but you don’t nec­es­sar­ily under­stand how to bring the two into one. And I don’t believe it takes a per­son, but your own mind, energy, spir­i­tu­al­ity, and state of being that cre­ates the path which bridges between the two.

Yet, another open ended ques­tion left to linger into the void, with no nec­es­sary answer in mind or no nec­es­sary answer needed.…merely, a thought which leaves me con­stantly won­der­ing what is the real mean­ing behind what we have gone through as individuals…and will there ever be a time when we can com­pletely under­stand the mean­ing of true self.

The White-​​Wilson Cen­ter for Women’s Imag­ing has part­nered with local orga­ni­za­tions to host the sec­ond annual Lit­tle Black Dress Party, and to give-​​away 10 Total Woman’s Health Packages!

Due to the cur­rent eco­nomic cli­mate, a star­tling new trend has emerged. Pre­ven­tive health screen­ings, such as a mam­mo­gram, are down 30 per­cent nation­wide. In order to make pre­ven­tive health screen­ings more acces­si­ble to the women in our com­mu­nity, the White-​​Wilson Cen­ter for Woman’s Imag­ing is giv­ing away a screen­ing mam­mo­gram and bone den­sity scan to the 10 win­ners of the Total Woman’s Health Package.

The Total Woman’s Health Pack­age includes the following:

• A screen­ing mammogram
• Bone den­sity scan
• Lit­tle black dress from Dillard’s
• Life Bal­ance pack­age from Suc­cess with Desley
• Mas­sage from It’s All About You Mas­sage and Day Spa
• $75 Gift Card
• 2 Tick­ets to the Lit­tle Black Dress Party
• Lots of other girly goodies!

To be eli­gi­ble to win the Total Woman’s Health Pack­age, you must be a woman, a res­i­dent of Okaloosa, Wal­ton or Santa Rosa Coun­ties and 18 years of age by March 31, 2011. To reg­is­ter for the Total Woman’s Health Pack­age visit www​.fwblit​tle​black​dress​party​.com.

Early detec­tion is the most effec­tive way to fight back against debil­i­tat­ing dis­eases like breast can­cer, osteo­poro­sis and heart dis­ease. The White-​​Wilson Cen­ter for Women’s Imag­ing and Emer­ald Ladies Jour­nal have part­nered with Dillard’s, Qan­tum Com­mu­ni­ca­tions, Cox Com­mu­ni­ca­tions, The Pro­mo­tions Chick, Emer­ald Chic and other local orga­ni­za­tions to raise aware­ness regard­ing the impor­tance of pre­ven­ta­tive health­care amongst women and to host the sec­ond annual Lit­tle Black Dress Party.

The Lit­tle Black Dress Party is May 21 at the Emer­ald Coast Con­ven­tion Cen­ter, and will fea­ture a fash­ion show by Dillard’s, an auc­tion, heavy hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Tick­ets are $60 and 100% of event pro­ceeds will ben­e­fit The Shel­ter House, Oppor­tu­nity Inc., and the local chap­ters of The Amer­i­can Can­cer Soci­ety and The Amer­i­can Heart Asso­ci­a­tion. Call 863‑8204 for tick­ets, or visit www​.fwblit​tle​black​dress​party​.com.