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You could call this my "Mommy and Me" photo, only taken a bit later than most, in 1996 when I was 46 and my mother was 79. I wouldn't exactly say my mother helped me develop the interests I have in Women's issues, but I think I could say her interest in me and her open mindedness in social issues helped me to progress the way I have, to look for answers and to look for myself. |
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Here I present you with personal stories and some links to pages of interest to women. At the moment the personal stories are all from me, but I would like to include yours if you want to let me include them here. Anything about being a woman counts, ranging from health concerns, careers, giving birth to and the rearing of children, perhaps being treated as a second class citizen, stories of abuse, to feeling empowered and accomplishing your dreams, goals, and hopes. As I grow older I see menopause as an interesting subject and one that I almost am starting to look forward to. I also found various links basically along the same lines. You can get solid information from going there. I can only tell you my experiences and some of what I've learned. So perhaps these other sites will inform you in areas that I can't. |
I've included various pictures of the insecure girl I was in
my teen years. I figured if I was going to talk about feeling
gawky and ugly that I should only use pictures of myself.
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How we torture ourselves with questions of how we measure up to the rest of the world, or more
importantly,
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This was just after my 9th grade graduation. So many years of conflict lay ahead of me. |
By the way, the picture on the left was |
Now that I look at my old pictures I see myself so differently. I was caught up in the peer pressure and self loathing so common to teen girls. The only thing I did for myself was that trip to the World's Fair. |
It seems like everything else was all aimed towards trying to look
right and trying to find a boyfriend.
Doomed desires. |
Of course everyone is an individual and our stories are all different.
Mine was shaped by not only by the times and my living in a small
Midwestern town, but also by childhood abuse which I won't get into here.
First a poem I like that I found a few years ago, on some calendar.
I have kept the page it was on but can't remember who wrote it except
it had the name Saraha on it.
I just like that poem! |
as well as the pilgrimage places. I have not encountered another temple as blissful as my own body." |
It seemed like the 60's were a time of telling women that they were finally free,
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It just seemed like as "free" as we were hearing we were supposed to be, that somehow the people that lived in my small town never heard of it. Life went on the same. Except for one thing, it seemed like women were now supposed to dislike the role of mothering. That was a problem for me since I have always marveled at the miniature people who we are entrusted with, our children, and wanted to be around mine as much as possible. I didn't have any yet, but knew that when I had children I would be the one to rear them, not a daycare center, not a professional care giver. Me. |
I think that word causes a lot of people to cringe. Sometimes a feminist is considered a bra burning, man hating, children excluding female, who has so many hang-ups that their opinions and lives are despised or at the least, laughed at. Is it possible to be a feminist and still consider rearing children to be an exciting,
fulfilling life, and even be in a relationship with a man you love? Can a feminist stay at home, bake cookies, wipe little noses, hold tiny hands as they nurse their baby, and sing lullabies? I think so. Can a feminist, have her baby born at home, teach her kids at home instead of handing them over to the professionals? Of course. (See my
Home Birth Page
or my Home School Page
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I have gone through too many things in my life to not have Safe isn't always what its cracked up to be. I took a trip out of state taking my younger 2 children. My oldest child, my son, was going to college and stayed with his step father I was leaving (not his abusive father). I went to Austin, Texas and found it a great place. After a while I was offered a job managing some apartments there and took it. Since my apartment was the office it made it possible to stay home with my kids and continue my home schooling them at the same time I worked.
I will continue my story after you get to see some links I found. So in case my personal story was boring you can now escape.
Here are some links to sites that I think give you a variety of topics to investigate. Just
make sure you check out the Feminist Mom's Web Ring too, below. Those are probably even better
than these links, but these give you a variety. |
As promised, here is the "rest of the story."
My moving out of state was the best
thing I ever did and Austin, TX. was an excellent choice.
I found the inner me that was afraid to come out before. I made lots of friends, good friends.
I started dating again but this time felt no need to hurry and find a husband.
In fact I surprised myself by not even
thinking I needed a man!
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Wow, what a new thought! I could just date for fun, in fact, I didn't even need to date at all!
(Actually subservience wasn't a problem in my preceding marriage there were other issues that broke up that marriage.) In Austin I met so many great people, both men and women, & these great people actually liked and admired me, which was different for me. Maybe the fact that I finally admired and liked myself had something to do with it. |
I am going on & on here, but the point is I no longer had the feeling
that I wasn't good enough if I wasn't with a man.
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That's another long story, but I changed my job, getting a better one, and I eventually got
remarried. I am leaving out a lot (I can
be merciful) but my life has given me a lot of wonderful "learning opportunities"
otherwise known as painful
situations that I had to survive or else fall apart. (Update: That marriage didn't turn out so well, but I am surviving anyway.)
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I made another web page where I discuss my life more. I also have made lots of photo pages. |
I hope you have enjoyed your visit here and found some helpful links, and that you are tempted to go on to my other web pages.
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