here goes nothing...

today marks a new adventure.

new venue.

as I welcome you I will welcome myself.

today we celebrate women - so I shall celebrate myself as well on this International Women's Day!

Cheers to the mothers

the lovers

the healers

the teachers

the innovators

the sisters

the listeners

the speakers

the leaders

the warriors

to the Goddesses inside us all.

Cheers to my tribe.

To my women.

To the ones who keep me afloat.

To the ones who light the way.

To the ones who forge the path.

To the ones who lick the wounds.

To the ones.

Being a woman is pretty amazing when you think about it...like down to the bones of it.

We women know this

we feel this

but its the others seeing through blind eyes who see not the magic of the mother, of the woman.

There is a reason that we call her "Mother Earth" "Mother Nature."

That being said - I have struggled with my woman self

with the body that I am "supposed" to have.

Who said so.

Why have I been listening for so long.

I should look at my womanly body and be proud.

I bore a child.

A spectacular feat in and of itself.

And she is AWESOME. That kid. That girl. Affectionately known as "Totter."

As a mother I seek always to uplift her in her burgeoning womanhood.

But who am I to teach bodily acceptance if I cannot accept my own.

So today I silence the critics.

The ones in public and the ones in my head.

I will look in the mirror and no longer say the things I don't like about myself in that nasty little voice that echoes between my ears.

I am a work in progress.

I am a mother.

I am a lover.

I am a healer.

I am a teacher.

I am an innovator.

I am a sister.

I am a listener.

I am a speaker.

I am a leader.

I am a warrior.

I am a Goddess.

And now I am going to bed. Namaste.

#women #image #motherhood #body #love #friendship #mytribe