I decided to participate. Here's my 100 words.
Oneness
Seeing the women win big
At the Olympics and knowing
We did that. We, the feminists working as one
For years in committees on phone trees on congressional
visits on letters
At our home and at
our meetings and
At our marches.
We, working, toward
one goal: that our daughters
Our granddaughters, their granddaughters
Through every generation
Might stand on a stage, around her neck draped a ribbon
At the bottom of which dangles gold silver bronze and
Might hear “The
Star-Spangled Banner”
Played for them.
If you love those strong be-medaled women holding nosegays
Thank one feminist tomorrow.
2 comments:
Having raised two strong daughters, I love it! Thank you, XOXO
You're welcome. It matters to both our strong daughters and the strong sons some of us have and others don't that we name the work that went before and the payoff. Weren't the Olympics astonishing this year? I hadn't watched since 2000 or so and was blown away by the strength and fearlessness of the gymmnasts.
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