Jen Lee and her Diana as seen and captured by our own Superhero Andrea

Recently, while enjoying my time away at the Mom 2.0 Summit, I had the pleasure of meeting the delightful Katherine Center. I knew even before we officially met that we would hit it off. Friend after friend told me so and I take match-making friends seriously (and always appreciate the connections). So, Katherine is not just a super-cool gal, she's the acclaimed author of The Bright Side of Disaster and her latest brilliant literary offering Everyone is Beautiful. The book is awesome; perfectly written, insightful, hilarious and cut-to-the-heart tender. I'm not even finished with the book yet (and truth be told I secretly never want it to end) but I am so smitten. When you get the chance to read it for yourself I'm pretty sure you'll see the fantastic synergy between the main character Lanie and so many of us.

All March long we are delighted to be partnering up with Ballantine Books to celebrate Katherine's new book and to help spread the word that indeed, everyone is beautiful. And what word could be more perfect to use for our One Word Challenge than Beautiful?

And to add a little extra click to this month's project, Ballantine Books is giving away 4 of Katherine's books and 4 Diana cameras to accompany the books. How totally fun is that? Again, when you read the book, you'll understand the connection. It's a must read. Need I say more? We'll be giving away the books and cameras randomly on the remaining Sundays of the month. Yay!

So today, as we kick off March's OWP we welcome you muse on beauty, grab your cameras and see what kind of beautiful you can find through your lens. 

Please note- We have decided to start a new flickr group to make it easier to navigate through the OWP participant's images without having to depend on tags. Click over to the new group and submit your photos to the pool to be considered for our OWP daily feature. Please tag your photos with the word of the month ((this month is beautiful) and the month itself (this month, March). Thanks and we look forward to seeing your beautiful images soon!