Good Job!

First, a reminder that a week from today we'll have our first book club discussion on Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.

Today has already been, and will continue to be, one of those that tax me like New York state does.  Nothing major, you know, just a thousand little things that require the attention and coordination and sacrifice of a, well -

woman.

We are so strong, ladies.  Think of things you made it through in your life that you never thought you could.  The big stuff.  A break up.  A death.  An illness of a loved one.  A financial catastrophe.  Then there's the smaller stuff.  That awful semester in college.  Months of a colicky baby. Weeks when it seemed like your house was going to fall apart with all the repairs that kept coming up.  Then there are the  things we do on a daily basis.  If we sat down and chronicled the details of our days we would probably be amazed at all we accomplish.

Women juggle a lot of responsibility.  We work hard.  We endure pain.  We keep going.

Congratulations on getting through this week.  Maybe you had sick kids.  Maybe your kids had you shuttling around town like a taxi cab driver.  Maybe your boss was mean and hard to please at work.  Maybe you discovered you ran out of money for the month, and darn it if March isn't the longest month of the year.  As women, we acknowledge the volume of unseen burdens we all shoulder.  No one may praise you for getting all of your laundry done this week or thank you for that little nice thing you went out of your way to do, so I will say: You did a good job this week.  The world is a better place because you are here.