Sisterhood

I have spent this weekend hanging out with some incredible women, meeting more amazing women, and celebrating the journeys some of us take, particularly motherhood. As someone who remained baffled by the connections between women for many, many years, I feel so incredibly blessed to have had this experience this weekend.

I'm awakening to the fact that I have a group of true sisters, of women who will hold me in the light and love of their thoughts and prayers, of ladies who will stand beside me quite devotedly and know what to give me when I don't know how or for what to ask. I still feel like the odd-woman-out more times than not, feel awkward and inept in gatherings of women who are obviously more amazing, more graceful, more together than I may ever hope to be. What amazes me is I keep getting asked back to be part of the circles, part of the love they share, which just proves that the love they do share is truly blind and unconditional :)

To all of you women out there who have helped to hold me up during this challenging time in my life, to those I've known for years and years and to those I've only gotten to know recently, I want you to know your kind words and actions have not gone unnoticed or unappreciated. They have meant more to me than I could ever truly communicate. Your love stays with me in a time when I find it hard to love myself and inspires me to keep going, embraces me when I feel I'm alone in the dark, and assures me the dawn will come again.

On this day that has been created to celebrate motherhood, I want also to celebrate sisterhood. There are many women out there who have yet to birth/adopt their own children but who mother others in the most wonderful ways. I'm thankful for you all!