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Fall/Winter 2012

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Brittany Gibbons Plus-Size Fashion’s Darling

My Favorite

Skincare Routine

Effortless beauty tips for a new and beautiful you!

Body & Soul Get in on inner beauty

Clean

Your Life

5 Questions to Start a New Path

Joyce Meyer on Forgiveness

Ruby Gettinger Living Her God Destiny

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personal Jesus.

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Fall/Winter 2012 • Vol. 4 No. 2

Publisher & CEO

Angelia L. White Managing Editor Janie Siggelko Contributing Editor J.A. Morton Copy/Web Editor Kristen Hamilton Copy Editor Kathryn Whitbourne Art Director Kim Baker Contributors Reina Berger, Alvina Brown, Valorie Burton, Marie Cauley, Jacq Gregg, Saundra Dalton-Smith M.D., Monique L. Farmer, Kristen Hamilton, Maxcel Hardy, Elizabeth Herron, Jeanette Hurt, Daresha Ki, Alanna Klapp, Courtney Kopec, Dr. Daniel Kraft, Ashlie Kyles, Shayna L. Lear, Elysha Lenkin, J.A. Morton, Morgan McMurrin, Stephania Parent, Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott, Kela Price, Dawn Rosemond, Bryan Ruggles, Bethany Schneider, Goldie Taylor, Nadya Vlassof, Hannah Watts, Kathryn Whitbourne Interns Alyssa Kovacs, Kala Pesyna President & Chief Executive Officer Angelia L. White

Sales advertise@hopeforwomanmag.com PR Coordinator Marie Cauley Marketing, PR, Event Planning Proven Results LLC Stephanie Johnson sjohnson@provenresultsllc.com HOPE FOR WOMEN MAGAZINE LLC P.O. Box 3241, Muncie, Indiana 47307 Advertising 800-936-2214 ext. 701 Administrative 800-936-2214 www.hopeforwomenmag.com

HOPE FOR WOMEN IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OWNED BY HOPE FOR WOMEN MAGAZINE LLC COPYRIGHT 2012 COVER CREDITS: Photography done by Michael Edde At Beacon Photo michael@beaconphoto.com 2 hope for Women fall/winter 2012

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contents

Fall/Winter 2012

in every issue 8 Hope Mail 9 Editor’s Page 11 Contributors 12 What Matters Most…

expect the best!

52 Clean Up Your Life 5 Questions to Start a New Path

By Valorie Burton

You can find us on }

{ Facebook.com/hope4women}

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{ Twitter.com/hopemag}

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How can we be expected to forgive?

Yet the LORD has said, “But if ye forgive not man their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”

– Matthew 6:15

Hope where healing can be found for the sexually abused and the emotionally crippled

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HOPE mail

Hope wants to hear from you!

Let us know what you liked or disliked about this issue, or what topics you’d like us to cover at: editor@hopeforwomenmag.com

Got a great story about your marriage?

Email us at: love@hopeforwomenmag.com

facebook & twitter Friends Darena Young Dixon:

Burnt Orange

Nicole Anderson:

Hunter Green Angelia Menchan:

Deep Green

Donna Griffin Edward:

Brown Laayna Lux Carstensen:

Pink (It’s the new fall color)

Jill Bratcher:

All of them!

Heather Meyer:

Burnt Red

(Asking an artist to pick a favorite color is like asking a mom to pick their favorite kid)

Mango

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To receive updates from the editors, sign up for our e-mail newsletter at hopeforwomenmag.com.

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Jeanine Byers:

Brown Shirley Rhoades:

Submissions chosen for publication may be edited for length and clarity. All submissions become the property of Hope for Women Magazine LLC., and may be published, along with the name of the individual, in any Hope branded media now known or hereafter developed.

Dottie Woods:

Marwin Strong:

Orange

money@hopeforwomenmag.com

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Dorshell Stewart:

Yellow

Got a finance question?

Email us at:

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Work It

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Sights & Sounds

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Health & Fitness

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Marketplace

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