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POSITIVITY 4 EVER MAGAZINE Positivity 4 Ever is a quarterly mini-magazine designed to promote positivity, and provide helpful resources to enrich everyone’s life. You will enjoy reading positive conversations from authors, entertainers, and entrepreneurs. Positivity 4 Ever was created by Glenda Staten in 2012. Copyright 2012 by Glenda Staten, North Carolina Printed in the United States of America
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Positive Conversation with Author Cornelia Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 The Matter of Giving and Receiving by Katie Keller . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7 Relationship Resolutions by Pam Reaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 9 Special Thanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11 Order Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11
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Positive Conversation with author Cornelia Brown Glenda: Hello Cornelia, how are you? Cornelia: I am doing well; I am truly a blessed woman! Glenda: Please tell us about yourself? Cornelia: How much time do you have???? : ) I grew up in Southern Bavaria in Germany as the daughter of Anneliese Nagler and Josef Nagler. My entire family, including me, worked from a very young age in our family business. My grandmother owned several hotels in the pretty Alpine villages Lenggries and Bad Toelz. I loved to sing, dance and write! I was an outgoing girl who always looked for new things and adventures. I guess this is how I ended up in America; my curiosity and the desire for learning all about God’s wonderful world, cultures and its people. Today I am a wife, the mother of two wonderful adult daughters, and the grandmother of two little ones, a boy and a girl. I am an author/speaker and advocate for multi-racial families. I work with the multi-cultural bone marrow drives all over the world. My newest venture is that I am a local coordinator for foreign exchange students and I am placing high school kids from all over the world with American families for a semester or the entire school year. Glenda: Why did you become an author? Cornelia: I had a lot of hurt and pain within me because of falling in love with my African American husband. Many things took place overseas and then in America that absolutely shocked me. Quite frankly, some things still shock me to this day. When I turned fifty, it was time to reveal what was in my heart, and put it all on paper. God made a way for me to do that, and so I did. Glenda: Tell us about the books you have written, especially “Black and White Makes Brown”. Cornelia: My books are all about inclusion and I am trying to give people that still live in mono-racial communities an opportunity to read about my life because many of them don’t like multi-cultural families. My hope is to trigger some positive discussions and to bring encouragement to families that have been hurt.
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Read the rest of this interview and all of the other inspiring articles in the Positivity 4 Ever magazine July September 2012 by visiting Glenda Staten at http://www.positivity4ever.com where you can purchase this and other positive resources.
Special Thanks Cornelia Brown, thank you for your positive conversation. You are an inspiration to everyone. Katie Keller, thank you for sharing “The Matter of Giving and Receiving.” Pam Reaves, thank you for providing positive insight in your column Relationship Resolutions by Pam Reaves.
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Glenda Staten grew up in Georgia. She enlisted in the Army and worked for numerous organizations in the United States and abroad before retiring in 2004. While Glenda was assigned to The National Defense University in Washington, DC, she was selected for the Senior Noncommissioned Officer in Charge position for the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army at the Pentagon, and she completed her military career while assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Personnel Administration and Services Division at the Pentagon. Glenda received numerous awards while in the military including two Defense Meritorious Service Medals, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Joint Service Commendation Medal. She completed her Master’s Degree in Management from City University of Seattle in Bellevue, Washington. She enjoys helping others by contributing to local and national charities.
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