Here we are again, advocating for
one’s best life, and at the same time I am saying goodbye to my dear nephew as
he wings it back to Switzerland. I realize that it is one thing to advocate for
anyone’s “best life” and another thing to let go of a beloved member of the
family so he too can live his best life and at this time in his life it is
overseas. Because we love our family and friends it is important not to be
selfish and cling to them in a possessive sort of way. It isn’t easy but it is
only right.
The other day my sister Jeanette was
asking me what era would I most like to have lived in and my first answer was “I
never think about that” but when she pushed me I rather surprised her by saying
that I would like to be a young woman in this time for the simple reason that I
believe women of this era are stronger and more decisive than my own
generation. I am strong woman now but when I was going out into the work force at
18 and then at 25 I was a very meek and mild person both at work and at home.
Today I find young women brave in travelling the world (I went to a safe place at
18, my home country of Denmark where I was surrounded by family all of the
time).
Today’s young woman also has the
advantage of all the ground breaking work my generation did for them, little
though they realize it. We fought for women’s rights, human rights, civil
rights, sexual rights even if we weren’t out in the famous marches. How did we
do that? We learned to stand up for ourselves in our jobs, at university and on
the street.
So while it would be nice to have
an easier ride today I suppose in the long run I am really quite proud to be a
Baby Boomer and a Feminist. I think our generation kicked some serious ass.
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