Day 67 - Longing
Katie's topic for today is the plight of women around the world. Need for education. Safe childbirth. Safe everything, I remark to myself. Wishing. I turned on the computer. Saw a picture of Reid, the newest member of our family. Everyone agrees he looks a lot like my dad. Thinking of faraway family. The tears begin to fall. Answered an email question about my mom. Missing her. More tears. Went to FB. Watched a hilarious video of an older woman dancing. I never saw my Grandmother dance. Not sure if she ever did. I looked at the dancing woman's body. Smiled about the "crone" conversation we had at writing group this week. About embracing my curves and gray hair hair. My feet and hips moved to the music. I smiled. Remembering good times. More tears. Was reminded that it is International Woman's Day. Read this Chinese proverb: "When sleeping women wake. Mountains move." Thinking about woman around the world. When will we gather ...