To my little love on International Women's Day
Dear love, This may be a day that many men laugh and joke, "Why isn't there an international men's day?" However, this day has just filled my thoughts of you. My thoughts are directed to a picture of you riding a bike and laughing. This day reminds me of how strong you are and how as a girl, you might be told otherwise. As your "mama," I want to let you know that you are strong, powerful and courageous. As a woman, I want to tell you that you are capable of anything you put your mind to and as both, I want to say that you are capable, strong and courageous because God made you just that way. Although we may live in different worlds, I know that the sad truth of inequality exists in both places. Women are looked at as inferior and men as the heroes. Women often make less in the same professions as men and they are often expected to do things that men are "too manly" to do. We are called fragile and weak, but love, we are so much more. As a girl,...