A family is like a house.  From time to time, we will have to do a little maintenance, a little upkeep.  Even though it may seem unfair, the responsibility to keep the family going often falls on the shoulders of the woman.  Today, I talk about how I've found the strength to do the maintenance on my family.

The recipe for today is broccoli salad:  ingredients are: broccoli, diced chicken, bacon bites, feta cheese, mayo, vinegar and sugar.

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Each year over 100,000 college students are sexually assaulted.  This is a crisis that plaques even the most prominent of college campuses in the United States.  Today, we are talking about two outstanding Strong Women that turned their assaults around and made them a voice for the voiceless across the nation, bringing dozens of colleges to their knees!!

Today's episodes sources are:  Wikipedia, "The Hunting Ground", written and directed by Kirby Dick and End Rape on Campus Facebook Group

If you are someone you know has been a victim of sexual assault, please call 1-800-656-4673

Justin Ladner loved his mama and stayed close to her all his life.  Bonnie Stewart was your typical boy mom who always went over and beyond for her baby boy.  The bond between a mom and her son is an describable, deep tie that nothing could ever break.  So, when Justin was tragically snatched from this world, his mama went to work, seeking out the justice that her precious son deserves.  In today's episode of "If This Kitchen Could Talk", Bonnie sits with me to tell me the horror of watching her son die in the street and finding the strength and tenacity to bring her son's case to justice and provide a new, louder voice for all the victims still seeking justice in Mississippi.

How does a woman find the strength to go on after facing a tragedy?  What if your life was literally one tragedy after another?  Today we talk to Vickey Toups, the strongest Southern woman I know.  She will tell us her tragic life story and where she finds the strength to go on.

Let's eat and talk addiction!!  Addiction does not descriminate.... it doesn't care who your daddy is, how much money you have, or how much education you have.  Like a thief in the night, it waits for you in the parking lot, ready to jump at any time.

This is my story

There is no stronger creature that a Southern Woman!!  This will be a series on the strongest of the strong!

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://ifthiskitchencouldtalk.food.blog/2021/07/22/a-grandmothers-secret/