A Tribute to Womanhood

Welcome to "I Am Woman"...a tribute to all those women who had the courage and perseverance to stand up and fight for their rights. Thanks to those who came before us we enjoy a freedom unknown to women not too long ago. But, sadly, in many parts of the world, women continue to be repressed. In fact, even in this country there are women living today under the threat of violence...completely controlled by a violent spouse. Some may make it; others won't. Hopefully, one day ALL women will be free. May that day come soon.

4/26/2014

Don't Look Back




As you travel through life there are always those times
When decisions just have to be made,
When the choices are hard, and solutions seem scarce,
And the rain seems to soak your parade.

There are some situations where all you can do
Is simply let go and move on,
Gather your courage and choose a direction
That carries you toward a new dawn.

So pack up your troubles and take a step forward -
The process of change can be tough,
But think about all the excitement ahead
If you can be stalwart enough!

There might be adventures you never imagined
Just waiting around the next bend,
And wishes and dreams just about to come true
In ways you can’t yet comprehend!

Perhaps you’ll find friendships that spring from new things
As you challenge your status quo,
And learn there are so many options in life,
And so many ways you can grow!

Perhaps you’ll go places you never expected
And see things that you’ve never seen,
Or travel to fabulous, faraway worlds
And wonderful spots in between!

Perhaps you’ll find warmth and affection and caring
And somebody special who’s there
To help you stays centered and listen with interest
To stories and feelings you share.

Perhaps you’ll find comfort in knowing your friends
Are supportive of all that you do,
And believe that whatever decisions you make,
They’ll be the right choices for you.

So keep putting one foot in front of the other,
And taking your life day by day…
There’s a brighter tomorrow that’s just down the road -
Don’t look back! You’re not going that way!

Anonymous

Today's Quote



Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes." They will say, "Women don't have what it takes." 

Clare Boothe Luce

4/21/2014

Galahad, Knight Who Perished

A Poem Dedicated to All Crusaders against the International and Interstate Traffic in Young Girls          




Galahad... soldier that perished... ages ago,
         Our hearts are breaking with shame, our tears overflow.
         Galahad... knight who perished... awaken again,
         Teach us to fight for immaculate ways among men.
         Soldiers fantastic, we pray to the star of the sea,
         We pray to the mother of God that the bound may be free.
         Rose-crowned lady from heaven, give us thy grace,
         Help us the intricate, desperate battle to face
         Till the leer of the trader is seen nevermore in the land,
         Till we bring every maid of the age to one sheltering hand.
         Ah, they are priceless, the pale and the ivory and red!
         Breathless we gaze on the curls of each glorious head!
         Arm them with strength mediaeval, thy marvellous dower,
         Blast now their tempters, shelter their steps with thy power.
         Leave not life's fairest to perish - strangers to thee,
         Let not the weakest be shipwrecked, oh, star of the sea!

Vachel Lindsay 

4/14/2014

Today's Qupte


"Now that you have touched the
women you have struck a rock,
you have dislodged a boulder,
you will be crushed."


Women's Freedom Song, August, 1956

4/08/2014

Today's Quote



"Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got." 

Janis Joplin 

She died far too soon. 

4/01/2014

Quote of the Day


"We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road—the one "less traveled by"—offers our last, our only chance to reach a destination that assures the preservation of the earth." 

  Rachel Carson

3/24/2014

Women's Rights

Annie was an English and Canadian teacher and author.
You cannot rob us of the rights we cherish,
Nor turn our thoughts away
From the bright picture of a "Woman's Mission"
Our hearts portray.

We claim to dwell, in quiet and seclusion,
Beneath the household roof,--
From the great world's harsh strife, and jarring voices,
To stand aloof;--

Not in a dreamy and inane abstraction
To sleep our life away,
But, gathering up the brightness of home sunshine,
To deck our way.

As humble plants by country hedgerows growing,
That treasure up the rain,
And yield in odours, ere the day's declining,
The gift again;

So let us, unobtrusive and unnoticed,
But happy none the less,
Be privileged to fill the air around us
With happiness;

To live, unknown beyond the cherished circle,
Which we can bless and aid;
To die, and not a heart that does not love us
Know where we're laid.

Annie Louisa Walker