Shout Out to the Girls

We moms know that many days need more hours to complete everything we should/need/want to get done.  I remember reading a joke, I think it was a joke, Dear Abby wannabe letter that was all, "my friend has kids and she always says she's so busy but what does she honestly have to do?" (summarized and paraphrased of course).  We moms know we're busy.  But how often do we think about those without children who are also incredibly busy? 

I have a friend who has stunned me for years.  She is a fitness fanatic (maybe not really a fanatic, but to me she is because she works out at least once a day).  She was constantly giving her time - a volunteer basketball coach, a full-time student, volunteer member of a very busy charitable organization and now a chapter president as well and probably one of the only people I know who was so readily available to others throughout this.  Her schedule is so full if she calls to say she's on her way through, you jump at the opportunity to see her because it might not come up again for months!

My sister is someone else who is extremely busy.  I actually don't know everything she spends her time doing, but I do know that she's hard to catch.  She's travelled the world.  She's worked her ass off to afford that too.  She's learning to be a farmer.  She's also one of those people who call others up when she's on her way through and makes plans to see them.  She's a great friend and a great sister.  I'm lucky.

I remember talking with a fellow sociology student at RDC.  We were chatting about the things I was doing, personally, to be a student as well and she said "You know what it is?  We find a way and we make it work because we're women."  She was in university at the same time as her youngest child. 

Women are amazing creatures.  We are capable of so much.  Don't get me wrong, it's not like this is a male-bashing session.  I'm just reminding us that women do incredible things, just to get by in a day.  And they go to bed and get up in the morning and do it all over again.  Sure sometimes we complain, most of the time we don't.  So remember those women in your life, parents or not, and that they are amazing.  Or encourage them to be so because they can.  I am proud to say I know many who have been.