On being a woman…
My thoughts on being a woman have changed since I was younger, but stayed the same in some respect. I was once enchanted with the beauty of women from a more shallow perspective, I looked up to beautiful women with beautiful things and beautiful covers in magazines.
Then I got a little older and loved women for more than their beauty and their things, but their thoughts and their actions.
As I grew older and had my own little women my love for being a woman increased. I loved our beauty, our wisdom, our kindness, our will, our ability to shatter glass ceilings! I read books, I learned more, I printed out a Rosie the Riveter sign and taped it to my girls’ door. Because…. WE CAN DO IT! I would never want my girls to feel they cannot do anything solely on the basis of being a girl. That’s ludicrous!
Sometimes, being a woman is hard. We’re expected to be traditional or modern, but I love being traditional and modern. I have my strong willed thoughts, my hopes for women and their place in society as equals, and I have dreams of bigger things for myself all while happily staying home and caring for my children (while making a small amount of mula here at home. [I’d like to make a bigger amount… ehem!]).
Women can be catty. There I said it, we can. But dear ladies… we can be so much more if we didn’t turn on each other. If we didn’t belittle each other’s choices or circumstance. Why do we do that?
I cannot sit here and say I’ve never judged another woman because that would be a big fat lie. I have. And that’s not cool. I CAN tell you that I try more now as grown woman -who is proud to be a woman- to empower, encourage, and support other women. Chances are you’ve been inspired in life by another woman. My challenge to you is to let her know how she has inspired you!
Happy International Women’s Day! Keep pushing, believing, dreaming, reaching, doing, researching, writing, creating, loving, caring and giving– you inspire!
Okay, now I must listen to Queen Latifah’s Ladies First.
XOXO
Sharing here:
Mia Sutton
March 8, 2016 at 6:05 pmYou’re amazing and awesome and wonderful. That is all. 🙂 xo
MrsA0K2001
March 9, 2016 at 4:19 pmThank you, sweetheart! You are pretty awesome and amazing yourself. 🙂
XOXO
Akaleistar
March 8, 2016 at 8:39 pmThis post is so inspiring! Happy International Women’s Day 🙂
MrsA0K2001
March 9, 2016 at 4:20 pmThank you!!!
XOXO
Sonya K
March 8, 2016 at 10:35 pmYou are an awesome woman ☺ I love your kind and loving attitude.
MrsA0K2001
March 9, 2016 at 4:21 pmThank you SO MUCH, Sonya!! 🙂
That means a ton to me.
XOXO
Tamara
March 9, 2016 at 12:53 pmHappy International Women’s Day to you! I love everything you said. I have judged and been judged. Just the same, I’ve always felt thrilled to be among the ranks of an amazing group of women.
MrsA0K2001
March 11, 2016 at 12:10 amThank you, Tamara! Happy (belated) International Women’s Day! I agree I’m honored, humbled, and grateful for the inspiring & encouraging women I have in my life. (Psssst… That includes you)
XOXO
SMD @ Life According to Steph
March 9, 2016 at 2:42 pmHuge love for this post and all of the sentiments behind it and the thoughts within it.
MrsA0K2001
March 11, 2016 at 12:12 amThank you, Steph!! ? I appreciate your kind words. I cannot imagine the backlash for the “f” word!?!? When did equality become bad?
XOXO
lisacng
March 10, 2016 at 2:27 pmHappy International Women’s Day! Definitely, we need to stick together and focus on one another’s strengths as well as our own.
MrsA0K2001
March 11, 2016 at 12:14 amHappy International Women’s Day to you, sweet friend! Yes!!?? We ‘do’ need to stick together & help grow one another’s strengths.
XOXO
Bev Feldman @ Linkouture
March 10, 2016 at 8:37 pmHappy belated International Women’s Day! I want to send Eve the same messages you are sending your daughters. I try to be aware of what adjectives I used to describe her. I still call her cute and beautiful, but also I make sure I tell her she’s strong, brave, smart, and CREATIVE 🙂
MrsA0K2001
March 11, 2016 at 12:24 amThank you, Bev. Annnnd a Happy (belated) International Women’s Day to you! Aww shucks, thanks. I *try* to watch my words too, but I do use beautiful, cute, precious, & adorable… a lot. However, I make sure to emphasis on their other traits as you noted, and there’s always the word LOVE. 🙂
XOXO
Michelle
March 11, 2016 at 6:25 amTruly magnificent word written here. Full of empowerment and confidence. Please link this to My Party at My Place linkup. It is still going on and I would love for other women to be blessed by this. Hop on over and remember it begins every Thursday to Monday evenings.
MrsA0K2001
March 11, 2016 at 12:11 pmThank you, Michelle!! You are so sweet, I’ll be over to share. 🙂
XOXO
sunSPARKLEshine
March 11, 2016 at 5:13 pmHappy International Day to you too! I’m glad to find another blogger who chose to write about this. It turns out many weren’t aware of the day, but you’re doing your part to change that!
Marva | sunSPARKLEshine
MrsA0K2001
March 15, 2016 at 1:13 pmHappy (belated) International Women’s Day to you! 🙂
I cannot wait to read your post. Thanks for stopping by to read mine. 🙂
XOXO
sunSPARKLEshine
March 11, 2016 at 5:15 pmOops, I forgot the most important part: Happy International WOMEN’S Day! 🙂
MrsA0K2001
March 15, 2016 at 1:14 pm🙂
Alison @ Tickling the Wheat
March 13, 2016 at 9:17 pmLove, love, love this! My motto is “I’m a woman, hear me roar!” My father-in-law always teases me about it, but it’s served me well so far. 😉 I, too, want to give that message to my daughter (and teach her that she can be more than “catty”). Thank you for sharing!
MrsA0K2001
March 15, 2016 at 1:30 pmI love your motto and I love that you’re teaching your daughter to embrace that mindset too. 🙂
XOXO
Crystal
March 14, 2016 at 10:34 amLove the Mother Teresa quote especially. #MMBH
MrsA0K2001
March 15, 2016 at 1:19 pmThank you, Crystal.
XOXO
Lynne at The Sweet Midlife
March 14, 2016 at 10:38 amOkay, so that last picture had me singing Queen Latifah as well!! HA! Really wonderful, uplifting post.
MrsA0K2001
March 15, 2016 at 1:37 pmThank you, Lynne. 🙂 You gotta love the Queen!
XOXO
postpartumobsession
March 14, 2016 at 12:05 pmAs a mom of a fun little girl, I also hope that I can raise her to unafraid of the beauty of her womanhood. Thank you for this inspiring post.
MrsA0K2001
March 19, 2016 at 12:39 pmThank you for visiting! I’m sure you’re doing a beautiful job of raising your daughter to be unafraid of the beauty of womanhood. I love that you’re empowering your little lady. 🙂
XOXO
Vashti Quiroz-Vega
March 14, 2016 at 3:05 pmHi! I love this post! I had to tweet it. The quotes are wonderful and inspiring. I love being a woman and I love the things that make us different from men. However, you’re absolutely right about the cattiness. Some women enjoy putting other women down and badmouthing them. That’s so ridiculous! Don’t they know that when they put other women down they’re essentially putting themselves down too. There’s nothing more beautiful than camaraderie between girlfriends. Things are never going to get better for us unless we start respecting and supporting each other. 😀 xx
MrsA0K2001
March 20, 2016 at 8:43 pmYES!! I agree with everything you said here. 🙂
Thank you for sharing my post and being a supporter/encourager!! <3
XOXO
Vashti Quiroz-Vega
March 21, 2016 at 10:52 pmIt was a pleasure and thank YOU! 😉
K. Elizabeth @ YUMMommy
March 14, 2016 at 7:34 pmSuch a great and beautifully written post. There are so many things that I love about being a woman. Here’s to better unity and sisterhood among us!
MrsA0K2001
March 18, 2016 at 4:13 pmThank you!
Cheers to that! If we could all unite as one we would be one fierce force.
XOXO
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