Dear Daughter, As you navigate the choppy waters of womanhood (and damn, those are some high, white-capped swells), please, oh please, hear my voice, my love. Hear it, sweet child. Please don’t shrug me off. Hear it ringing through the din, right through these confounding, life-sorting years; right past your indifference, your boredom with me, […]
Waiting
First, we wait to find out. You are a maybe, then a probably, and then a definitely. You are you, but we don’t know you yet. You are growing, while we wait. We wait in doctor’s offices. We wait in sonogram rooms. We wait for test results. We wait for answers. After nine months, give […]
To Be Strong Women, Our Fires Must Burn
“You must understand: they fear you. There is nothing scarier in their minds than a girl who knows the power of her flames.” ~ Nikita Gill To be strong women, powerful women, women who stand up for other women, women set ablaze with fierceness and desire, ones who are daring, adventurous, provocative, and bold, we […]