I Am Woman

I am woman… not just today, but every day. I am courageous, I am creative, I am beautiful… I am strong, I am independent, I am vivacious… I am this, this, this, and this… and that, that, that and that… The titles are never ending… I am Woman! Growing up for me, there was no book or instructions on becoming - Becoming a woman, a mother, a conqueror… Becoming a teacher, a leader, a friend… Becoming driven, determined, destined… and if there was… I didn’t read it, nor did I need it. That would have been the writer’s opinion or story of what a woman is in their perspective. That person’s story or journey could never be my story or journey. My journey as a woman meant, I chose to walk my own path. Didn’t wanna walk in nobody else’s footprints, so I created my own. Over the years, I grew through… through the pain, the struggles, the frustration and uncertainties, through the tears and the fears. I had to figure it out, work it out, balance it out... I prayed, I sought, I cried, I endured… I am Woman! My image of a woman is defined through God’s transformation of me, not through the image of what the world says a woman should be.