Days like this
Yesterday was a hard day, in a number of ways and for a number of reasons. Don’t worry — everyone is okay and all really is well, but it was one of those days that leaned heavily toward the more difficult stuff of life. Lots of adulting and tough decisions, that were the right decisions, but not the easy ones. And that’s what I want to talk about today.
I’ve known countless women over the course of my life who’ve had to face impossible choices — far worse than any I’ve had to make — but stood up and thoughtfully, bravely, chose the right ones. Even if it hurt.
But this is what women do.
I was raised in a staunchly patriarchal church and community and I thought it was men who were the strong ones.
I now know that the myth of women’s weakness is just that - a myth. It takes great fortitude and strength and maturity to choose what’s best instead of what’s easy and comfortable. Especially when those choices, at least temporarily, make things more difficult. And women do this over and over and over again.
The women I know are some of the strongest people I’ve ever met. And I’m grateful for their example and for their willingness to share the weight of what we all carry.
xo,
Beth
p.s. Who are the strongest people you know?
