Skirt! April 2012 - Columbia, Augusta, Aiken

It’s an old story with a predictable plot line, but every

year we’re a fool for April all over

again. Her gentle little showers, her

abrupt mood changes, her sudden

sunny smiles. We walk around with

flowers and foolishness on our minds,

wandering through a haze of pollen and

possibilities. Yes, we think, this is the year

A P R I LAugusta, Aiken & Columbia

Cover copy by Nikki Hardin, art by Gayle Kabaker

We’ll Plant a Garden,

lose weight, go on a pilgrimage. Hope

and pheromones are in the air, as if

Mother Nature was drunk on an estrogen/

testosterone cocktail. Who cares whether

our schemes come to fruition. There’s still

rain to be walked in, tender winter skin

to be bared, fern-furled woods to get

lost in, love songs to be lived, the Holy

Fool card to be played, life to be juiced.

Get your WoW! on.

“Every spring is the only spring—a perpetual astonishment.”

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When Emma decided to have plastic surgery, she had justfinished 6 months of dedicated exercise and dieting. She wouldlook in the mirror and think….I feel strong and healthy but hersagging breasts and stretched skin would tell her otherwise.You see, she recently had her third child. A 9 pound healthyboy whom she breast fed just like the others. Something shedoesn’t regret, but her breasts are no longer full and shapely.Thoughts of wearing a sundress this coming spring…forgetabout it. And what about those 50-100 sit-ups a day…sure hermuscles were strong, but her stretched skin and those stretchmarks had to go.

Emma’s story is common and a growing number of womenhave opted for what is now called a mommy makeover. In fact,since 1997 according to the American Society of AestheticPlastic Surgery (ASAPS), breast augmentation and breast liftshave increased 265% and tummy tucks have increased 362%over that same time period.

Dr. Christopher Ewart is a Board Certified plastic surgeon inAugusta, GA and member of ASAPS who sees more and morewomen opting for this combined surgical procedure. “It is agreat procedure for those women who finished having childrenand want their old body back,” says Dr. Ewart. “There is somerecovery time needed but within about 2 weeks you are able todo most activities and in 6 weeks have no restrictions.”

Emma was of course anxious about undergoing surgery buther family was there with her before and after surgery at theAugusta Plastic Surgery Center. “I felt nervous at first, but thenurses were wonderful and made me feel comfortable andsafe.” The surgery lasted about 3 hours and after about 1 ½hours in the recovery room she was on her way home.

“Would I do it again? In a heartbeat,”said Emma.

Her recovery was uneventful and in a month she was outwalking the neighborhood with her friends. Her husband evengives a wry smile when asked whether or not it was worth it. He,of course, said she did not need the surgery but is wowed bythe results.

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Women make more than 85% of all purchasing

decisions.

Women control 2/3

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Cher WheelerMeaghan Pafford

PhotographyMolly HarrellChris Thelen

Essays

Refrains In The Key Of G

Stacy Appel ..................................................................................... 9

Finding My Wow!

Cynthia Briggs ............................................................................... 10

Always Wonder

Jen Wittes ....................................................................................... 22

Features

Letter from the Publisher ......................................................... 6

Letter from the Editor ............................................................... 6

Feel Good ...................................................................................... 14

He’s So Original .......................................................................... 32

Skirt of the Month..................................................................... 35

F-Word ............................................................................................. 36

Meet ................................................................................................... 31

Planet Nikki .................................................................................... 38

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From the Publisher

Gracie Shepherd [email protected]

From the editor

Some people say they find their answers in the bottom of a wine glass, at the end of a long run or

after listing pros and cons. My epiphanies and aha! moments invariably come while traveling. I don’t

know what it is about the open road or a busy airport, but I have a list of decisions longer than my

arm that I have arrived at while in transit. Sometimes I wish they came in a more logical or scheduled

manner, but overall I’m content with the fact that I have to physically get away from a situation in order

to see clearly. Doesn’t it make sense that staring out an airplane window at boundless clouds gives

me confidence to get out of a blah relationship or finally say no to a bounds-overstepping friend? The

next time I’m in a decision limbo, I think I’ll just say “bon voyage” and come back with an answer in a

few days.

Nikki [email protected]

WoW!

I’ve never done anything in my life on time. I got married way too early at

17, started college at 30, held my first professional job at 35, dropped out at

42 and started a business at 50. My timing sucked, or maybe it was just right

for me—I’m never quite sure. My life seemed to progress by fits and starts.

I’d make great leaps forward and then stagger sideways only to somehow

get back on track. I often longed for a more predictable trajectory for my

life: college, career, happy-ever-after. Forget the fact that barely anyone

I knew had that going on—I wanted normal! And if I couldn’t have that,

I thought that the passage of time would at least make me a “finished”

person, a grown-up who could rest on her laurels. Or maybe simply rest.

Turns out those new wall calendars I purchase every year have nothing

whatsoever to do with my internal clock. The one that runs on soul

power rather than batteries doesn’t know my “real”age; it thinks I’m

always just beginning. When I mutter “too late,” it chimes in with Never!.

When I try to hit Snooze, it wakes me up with an insistent new idea. It

might not be the standard timeline I longed for, but it’s reassuring to be

reminded that right now is the time of my life.

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The United Skirts of

America was founded

on the blood, sweat

and estrogen of our

foremothers, who

won us the freedom

to choose...to break

The Rules, to wear

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heels, to run for office

or run a marathon,

to form our own

rock groups instead

of being groupies, to

shatter Glass Ceilings

and Glass Slippers, to

shoot hoops instead

of settling for hoop

skirts. The ones who

came before us made

it possible for our

daughters to dream

bigger, to have the

chance to grow up to

be President and turn

the Oval Office into

the Ovary Office. In

the United Skirts of

America, every day is

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cover Artist

Gayle Kabaker

Gayle calls herself a creative

spirit and is thrilled to be able

to design and illustrate from the

Berkshires of Western Mas-

sachusetts. From starting out

in San Francisco as a fashion

illustrator to recently promot-

ing concerts in the Pioneer

Valley, she says she’s been lucky

to explore many passions and

is happy to share them with

whoever asks! What gets Gayle

most excited is coming up with

solutions to all types of chal-

lenges—reworking a website,

promoting a project, directing a

film or just brainstorming ways

to get more business. Her work

is used in lots of different ways:

marketing collateral, editorial,

animation, web design, logo and

brand development and more.

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On Constant Replay: Jeff Beck’s version of “Elegy for Dunkirk” (from Atonement) feels like it’s being played on your heart strings instead of guitar strings. It’s music for a rainy night spent thinking of loss and love.

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