Today is international womens day, something if I'm honest I never really knew or concerned myself with- until I had a daughter and I realised she would become a young woman in this world one day. Although this is a day for celebrating women, it would be naive of me to think that life will not have hurdles and difficulties ahead for my little one purely because she is a woman. There are things I worry about, issues and situations I hope she never ever has to face but above and beyond all that there are so many things I wish for her.
words to my daughter
I hope your life is filled with people who love you,who lift you up, who support you and encourage you - the ones who are there not only when times are good but when times are bad. The ones who will sit with you as you cry, sit in silence when words just wont do and who are there to pick you up when you stumble. Those are the people you need in you life. I will always be that person for you. Always.
I hope you have good days when you feel the sun on you skin, days when the rain pelts down outside but you are home with loved ones. I hope you have more good days than bad.
I hope you know that you are enough. That it is ok to be different. to be you. I hope you always march to the beat of your own drum; but celebrate those who play a different tune. I hope you know that being kind is the best quality you will ever possess, that the way you speak to people, even when they have wronged you says so much more about your strength of character than theirs. I hope you stand tall with your beliefs and dreams and never let anyone tell you that you cant do or be something. The fun is in trying. Success is measured by the journey and it is what you make it.
You may not be the best at everything you do but you are the best at being you.
I hope you have adventures, big and small. I hope you find the joy in the ordinary. That you smile at a song on the radio, that you go to concerts and feel the rush of the music through your body, that you laugh so much that tears roll down your face. That you love so deeply that it physically hurts to imagine a life without that love. I hope you always jump in muddy puddles.
I hope you know that you are beautiful, in every way. Don't judge yourself on your reflection in the mirror, judge on your heart.
I hope that you empower others, not just women, Everybody.
I hope that you stay just as you are little lady. A force to be reckoned with.