So how do we do that, as women who have to constantly fight an uphill battle? How do we find and celebrate our worth? If we wait for society, or the patriarchy to do so, we'll have to wait for generations to come. The best way is to celebrate each other. Somewhere along the way, women decided that we needed to compete with one another.
And then comes magical January 1st. The shiny date of eternal optimism. The promise of a new year and all the potential that it holds. We can do anything on January 1st! We can accomplish all our goals! Anything we set our minds to! We are SUPER PEOPLE! January 1st makes things easy - we can eat all the kale, do all the push-ups, and dream-board all the vacations.
Part of honouring that is allowing their voices to be heard. Years ago, before his death, my sister interviewed my grandfather for a school project about the holocaust. I am forever grateful to her for doing this. At the time, I don't think we understood the true gift she was giving us. So today I wanted to honour his memory by using this space to share his story, unedited and in his own words.
This post comes with a trigger warning. I am about to discuss when a child gets sick - every parent's worst fear. I wish what I was writing was fiction, but it is our reality.
Last week was my birthday... 38 trips around the sun. Would you believe me if I told you I actually had to think about how old I was? There are days where I think I'm 36 and days when I feel 45. I'm not exactly sure why that is. It's probably a combination of mom-brain, [...]
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