I feel like I've written this post before. But, in reality, I think I've just written it over and over in my mind.
Recently, I watched The Birth Story, a documentary about one of the leading midwives in the US, Ina May Gaskin and The Farm. At one point the interviewer is talking to Ina May's husband, Stephen. He makes a comment about how strong willed ad passionate Ina May was even when they were young. My favorite part is that he said that all the women in his life were fierce and passionate and he didn't know women were any different (that's the gist ;)). How cool is that?
It's no secret I can be fiercely passionate about things I love. It's my personality. It's in my blood. After I heard Stephen Gaskin say that about the women in his life, it hit me: I want Jack to know that women are strong and capable. That they are wild and crazy and passionate. That they love with every ounce of their being.
I hope that he will grow up knowing that he has so many wonderful women in his life that are strong, passionate and loving. That he wouldn't blink an eye at a women's fierceness because that is his norm.
Lucky boy!
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