It’s so easy to sometimes get caught up in the challenges and troubles life throws our way and wallow in self pity rather than pick yourself up, throw a smile on your face and march on. I, for one, have never really been drawn to ‘easy’ and I am definitely not the type to crawl into a hole and feel sorry for myself. I would much rather focus on the many blessings…

A few things I am thankful for every day:

Waking up every day to see and feel LIFE, living near the salty sea, my beautiful family and the most loyal and caring friends any one could ask for, work that I love and believe in with all of my heart, my health, the food that I eat, my spirituality, a heart full of love and the desire to share it, and my greatest blessing – our son, Avel.

Remember this Thanksgiving to count your blessings and be filled with gratitude.

Love to you and yours on this Thanksgiving holiday,

Magaly

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From the time you are a small child, people ask “What do you want to be when you grow up?”  I think most people struggle with this question at one point or another.  Sometimes people have a hard time finding that thing that makes them crazy in a good way; that thing that makes them feel alive and they can’t picture their lives without.

Fashion is that thing for me.  It’s about so much more than clothes for me.  Art, research, creating things, the business and marketing aspects of it…all of the different areas I have been lucky enough to have worked in throughout my career – they all mean something so special to me and I love every single bit of it.  Ethical and sustainable fashion has added yet another spoke to my “fashion-love” wheel.  With all of the challenges and new things to learn, the opportunities to make good things happen for people and the earth, and the excitement surrounding all of it, I know it is where I am meant to be.

Recently, I had to answer a questionnaire for a very large corporation I do some freelance work for.  One of the questions was “If you were speaking to a group of future business leaders and were asked what single piece of advice you would like to offer, what would it be?”

My response:  Push boundaries, use your imagination, do what you love, love what you do!

I can’t stress it enough – DO WHAT YOU LOVE!!!

Thank you, universe, for affording me the opportunity to do what I love every day…

Illustration for in-class project - Art Institute, 1997

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