Silver Linings

Karen's guest this week is Rev. Nell Green.  Many years ago, Nell and her husband experienced a call to ministry as partners. They looked for opportunities to work together but couldn't find much in the U.S. So they researched overseas organizations that would be a good fit for them. They located two places: Japan and West Africa. When Nell was 28 she, her husband, and their four-month-old baby moved to Dakar, Senegal. Nell learned an important lesson in Senegal: women are women no matter where they are in the world. They have style and a sense of presenting themselves. They know how to express themselves through their beauty and their clothes. That lesson started a lifelong journey for Nell of studying women and fashion around the world. In explaining the story of how Threads by Nomad came about, Nell told me that her daughter, Christen, grew up in Africa with a love of fabrics and textiles and in a shared interest with her mother, a love of the beauty of women and how they express themselves through fashion