96. I Love ... that I was born a Woman.

I've seen and heard and read

about so many places in the world

that being a woman

would be a difficult burden;

where girls are not valued

or cherished

or protected.

Where they have no rights,

no freedom,

no opportunity.

I am so blessed to be a

Woman.

Here.

Now.

I am able,

encouraged

to live the life that I choose.

There is still fussing about 

gender discrimination

and glass ceilings for women.

That is not in my world.

In my world

I am just a regular person

with the bonus

that I was able to

carry a child,

to give birth,

to have the latitude in society

to go out and work

or stay home.

Any obstacles to that,

in my world,

have been totally self imposed.

It is a wonderful thing to be a woman

in my world;

to come and go;

to plan and dream;

to create.

To create the world that I want.