FF – I heart Lynda Carter

It comes as no great surprise to me that Wonder Woman (aka Lynda Carter) is a Leo. *grin*

When I was a young girl, many thousands of moons ago, I had magazine posters on my bedroom walls of the usual – Andy Gibb, Parker Stevenson & Shaun Cassidy (aka, The Hardy Boys), Rex Smith, and Rick Springfield. I also had posters of Lindsay Wagner, Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, and Jaclyn Smith (the original Charlie’s Angels), and my favorite female superhero – Lynda Carter.

She’s pretty bad ass in real life as well as onscreen. Here’s a little snippet from her Wiki page –

In 2003 Carter revealed that her mother had suffered from Irritable bowel syndrome for over 30 years, resulting in Carter touring the country as an advocate and spokeswoman.[23] Lynda is also a staunch advocate and supporter of Susan G. Komen for the Cure,[24] Pro-Choice rights for women,[25] and legal equality for LGBT people. She was the Grand Marshal for the 2011 Phoenix Pride & 2011 New York Pride Parades,[26][27] as well as the 2013 Capital Pride Parade in Washington, D.C.[28]

In early June 2008 while rowing out of the Potomac Boat Club, Carter spotted a body floating in the Potomac River. She called out to some fishermen and waited for the police to arrive.[29] Carter stated that she “did what anyone would have done.”

Later in June 2008 Carter admitted in an interview to People magazine that she had entered a rehabilitation clinic for treatment of alcoholism and had been sober for 10 years.[30] In a statement when asked what the recovery process had taught her, Carter explained that the best measure of a human being is “how we treat the people who love us, and the people that we love.”

I know that for a new generation of kids, Wonder Woman will look like this –

But for me, she will eternally look like this –

Happy birthday, Lynda! May all your birthday wishes come true!