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This web page has been designed by your instructor, Catherine Shafer PhD. It is intended
to be used as a resource for the classes in which you are enrolled.

Please remember that I was born shortly before the turn of the 19th century, so making a
web page like this is pure magic. I used my wand. I seemed to somehow miss the witch trials
. . . and I hear they were great fun!

What I am trying (quite eloquently, too, don't you think?) to say is that if this web site looks
archaic, well, that is because this is my first try!!!!! I am learning. If it works, I will likely have
to celebrate in some insane manner. Details to follow . . .

By the way, DON'T call me Ms Shafer or Mrs. Shafer or Miss Shafer (though that is always
good for a sly chuckle). Call me Cathy or Dr. Shafer. Those who do not follow these rules will
be grounded. And I have that power (remember the wand).

LOOK!!! Right over there is a picture of me welcoming you to my site!! No wait. That's my
sister . . . or maybe my butler. I can never tell them apart. OK BELOW!! That's me. I rock.
Me, Cathy
This side, just try to imagine my
unbridled joy at becoming a PhD!!
This picture says it all.  I celebrated
for what seemed like seconds,
really ...  


        Me and my grandmother,          
         2006. When my mother             
         was only 12, she gave               
         birth to me; at that time, I           
         was only 0. My                              
         grandmother, here, was            
         24 on that grand birthday.          
         Bless her old heart.
Pages for my lovely family upon this site:
(I am working on it, toss me a freakin bone! They will all be up and
running by the time I finish doing them.)
so far:
(well, me . . . )
Nathan, the love of my life, my oldest and favorite child. (married to     
                                     the beauteous Joelle)
Noah, the love of my life, 2nd born and my favorite child (married to    
                                  the luscious Katie)
Seth, the love of my life, my middle baby, and my favorite child              
                                 (married to the voluptuous Mary)
Nephi, the love of my life, my youngest son and oldest twin, and my    
                                 favorite child (married to the adorable Brandy)
Emily, the love of my life, my only girl and my favorite child
Shaf, my husband, the love of my life, and my favorite husband
Calvin, the love of my life, and my first-born grandson
Wyatt, the love of my life, and my second grandson
~Imagine A Woman~

Imagine a woman who believes it is right and good she is a
woman. A woman who honors her experience and tells her
stories. Who refuses to carry the "sins" of others within her
body and life.

Imagine a woman who believes she is good. A woman who
trusts and respects herself. Who listens to her needs and
desires and meets them with tenderness and grace.

Imagine a woman who has acknowledged the past's influence
on the present. A woman who has walked through her past.
Who has healed into the present

Imagine a woman who authors her own life. A woman who
exerts, initiates, and moves on her own behalf. Who refuses
to surrender except to her truest self and to her wisest voice.

Imagine a woman who names her own gods. A woman who
imagines the divine in her image and likeness. Who designs
her own spirituality and allows it to inform her daily life.

Imagine a woman in love with her own body. A woman who
believes her body is enough, just as it is. Who celebrates her
body and its rhythms and cycles as an exquisite resource.

Imagine a woman who honors the face of the Goddess in her
changing face. A woman who celebrates the accumulation of
her years and her wisdom. Who refuses to use her precious
life energy disguising the changes in her body and life.

Imagine a woman who values the women in her life. A woman
who sits in circles of women. Who is reminded of the truth
about herself when she forgets.

~ Imagine yourself as this woman~ A woman who always
stands strong in her Powers~ A woman who has courage to
speak her truth~ A woman who has strength to face her
fears~ A woman who knows her values of life~ A woman who
walks her earth walk~ in the explandance of her true God
Reality~ Imagine this woman as You~

"Our planet is in desperate need of women who love
themselves. Women who use their time, energy, and
resources to design life-affirming solutions for the challenges
confronting humankind. Women who give birth to images of
inclusion, poems of truth, rituals of healing, experiences of
transformation, relationships of equality, strategies of peace,
institutions of justice, and households of compassion."

~Patricia Lynn Reilly