Salute to Womanhood
March is Women's History Month and honestly, what a pleasure it is to have my birthday fall within such a month. In honor of International Women's Day, I have decided to write my salute to womanhood. Throughout my entire life, I have been incredibly blessed to be surrounded by strong, intelligent, funny women. Both my grandmothers and mother helped to pave the way for my sister and I. Childhood was not limited to gender-bound expectations but rather, the encouragement that the world was mine for the taking, if only I was bold enough to reach for it. Day in and out, I was met with unending support from my family. Genuinely, I cannot remember being told that I could not do or be something simply because I was a girl. Trust me, my dad threw me on the tractor to mow the lawn the second I was old enough. The path hasn't always been easy, for me or others. I could go into an extensive history lesson on women's rights and the struggles we have and continue to face, but I am ...
