Alchemy derived from the Arabic alchemia. Kia meaning art. And over centuries, alchemy has come to mean the art of transmutation.Taking something ordinary, maybe even something that seems worthless, and turning it into something precious, something golden. So I say this, I am not standing here because of a miracle. I'm not standing here because of an invention or an extraordinary stroke of luck. I am standing here because I am an alchemy. An alchemy of women.Women who have melted themselves down over and ov ...