First I’d like to tell you how much I enjoyed reading this. You are an amazing writer and the way you brought each character into the story was wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
Secondly, and the reason I had to wait to comment until I stopped crying, is that this story just encouraged me in a ‘kick in the head’ kind of way. In 2000, I marched in D.C. as part of the World March of Women and it is an experience I will never forget. I slept on the floor in a tiny room in the basement of a NOW member I had never met. I marched through the streets, surrounded by people who felt just like I did and feeling, for just a moment, like we could change the world. I came home from that trip energized, feeling like I had a purpose, like I’d finally figured out what I wanted to do when I grew up. Seven years later I am a housewife who gave that all up a year later when I got engaged. This story, it makes me feel selfish and hypocritical. I’ve turned into someone I don’t want to be.
So thank you for reminding me of what is important. :)
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Secondly, and the reason I had to wait to comment until I stopped crying, is that this story just encouraged me in a ‘kick in the head’ kind of way. In 2000, I marched in D.C. as part of the World March of Women and it is an experience I will never forget. I slept on the floor in a tiny room in the basement of a NOW member I had never met. I marched through the streets, surrounded by people who felt just like I did and feeling, for just a moment, like we could change the world. I came home from that trip energized, feeling like I had a purpose, like I’d finally figured out what I wanted to do when I grew up. Seven years later I am a housewife who gave that all up a year later when I got engaged. This story, it makes me feel selfish and hypocritical. I’ve turned into someone I don’t want to be.
So thank you for reminding me of what is important. :)