Whilst I am excited today to celebrate the great women that have helped me to be come the woman I am - I had niggling feeling in the back of my mind that this is very much a mans world, and we had been given this one day out of 365.
My perspective was wrong though - and its a day for everyone else to recognize and celebrate the great women in their lives and the great women who have touched their lives. A bit like Mother's Day and Father's Day. We love our parents all year round but these two days are there for us to make them feel special and appreciated because maybe they are not made to feel that way all of the time. Similarly with Valentines Day - everyone agrees until the cows come home that its commercial nonsense. But how many of us feel loved and special when we get that card or that bouquet of red roses - that signifies that I may not say I love you everyday of the year but this day is for me to show you that I do.
International Women’s Day is a day that should be recognized globally, so little girls the world over can see that they can do and be anything they want - like the great women before them. It is day that men and boys can appreciate that we bring more to the table than something aesthetically pleasing on the eye. We are strong, determined, intelligent, capable as well as elegant and beautiful.
For me today I give special thanks to all women who have touched my life from Chaka Khan who was on iPod this morning singing "I'm every woman" to Iyanla Vanzant who's books truly changed my life. The most important woman in my life is my mum because she was the first woman in my world and her love and support and kindness is the main reason I am who I am today.
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