To be a woman

To be a woman is to be a daughter who cares for, loves and worries about her parents whether she is near them or far away. To be a woman is to be a sister who is the most happiest for you in your joys and who is the strong shoulder to cry on in your sorrows. To be a woman is to be a wife who steps into her husband’s world and makes it her own. To be a woman is to be a daughter-in-law who adapts and adjusts to the ways of her husband’s family. To be a woman is to be a mother who carries her children for nine months in her womb, who suffers through labor pains to bring them into this world and who then carries them in her heart for the rest of her life. To be a woman is to be a grandmother who showers infinite love and blessings on her grand children. To be a woman is to be a friend who will stand by you in thick and thin and who will sometimes show you the mirror so you can see what you ‘need’ to see and not just what you ‘want’ to see.

To be a woman is to hold on to things which are important. To be a woman is to know that sometimes you need to let go. To be a woman is to know that sometimes it is necessary to stay quiet. To be a woman is to know that sometimes you need to speak up. To be a woman is to keep having to prove herself over and over again no matter what part of life she is in. To be a woman is to forgive but never forget. To be a woman is to sometimes smile even though her heart is crying. To be a woman is to be able to express herself through her eyes. To be a woman is to stand tall amidst any difficulties and to never lose hope. To be a woman is to be sometimes afraid to express herself. To be a woman is to have to balance a home and a career. To be a woman is to sometimes have to justify herself for following her dreams. To be a woman is to radiate beauty that comes from within. To be woman is to always remain a girl with dreams in her eyes and a song in her heart. To be a woman is to be all this and more.

Signing off simply ‘being a woman’ and this quote by Washington Irving

‘There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.’