Women Re-shaping the World!

I am reading the book "Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry- why women lose when they give in", by Lisa Bevere, it is taking me a while because job hunting is no easy task.

Anyhu here is a paragraph from the book I'd like to share with you.  From time to time I will share a few more.

"I was told stories of an abuse- so subtle you may mistake it as harmless: parents who watched movies filled with sexual promiscuity, innuendos, and often, partial nudity with their children in the shelter of their homes or beside them in the dark theatre. Young girls shared how uncomfortable they'd been watching this with their parents, especially with their fathers. They'd feel shame and fidget, then look at their parents and notice they weren't flinching.  After a few such movies or TV shows, they pushed the uncomfortable feelings away, buy were unable to see their parents in quite the same light.  It was as though by watching their father view the naked breasts of another woman presented in a sexually suggestive manner, their own virgin breasts had been uncovered. They left the experience feeling vulnerable and violated and not even knowing why."

Makes you think of a lot of things right?

Tonight I looked at the documentary "Motherland" hosted by the group Afrikan Heritage (in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), and although some of what was depicted was not new information the documentary kept my attention and now has me doing further research...that's when you know something good. 

Like I said some tid bits I have heard before but I did learn quite a lot.

If you grew up in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines I am sure you are quite familiar with the expression " nah watch wha peeplo hav cause yo nah know how dem get e".  It is something you might have been told by your mother or some adult when you wanted that new .... one just like your friend's. 

It was a caution to many things-
To have an independent will
To be mindful of the finances within the home
To be thankful that you are being provided for despite...
To recognize that you must always try to live within your means and to understand your limitations
To be industrious and creative, learn to make what you have work for you

One of the good things about being gone for a bit and then resurfacing is that you get to see all your 'old fire sticks'.

Some you avoid talking to for too long, and some you laugh with as if you were never separated.

Yet another article I like. First time ever I have read about a 'missed miscarriage'
Miscarriage Facts

by Anai Rhoads
If you don't see your question here, look in "Grief and Loss's" frequently asked questions.
Intercourse, falling, and exercise does not typically cause a miscarriage. The fetus is well protected by the mother's bones and muscle as well as by the amniotic fluid. There is also no evidence that conceiving while taking birth control pills increases the risk of miscarriage. Becoming pregnant while using an IUD, however, does make you more likely to miscarry or develop an infection.
As many as 25 percent of all pregnancies end in miscarriage, half of them before the woman even realizes she is pregnant. Fortunately, most women who miscarry, even more than once, can become pregnant again and give birth to a healthy baby.

 An interesting article I found a while ago...

Ignorance Does Not Equal Bliss When it Comes To Impotency

Impotency always seems to be a top conversation when it comes to men’s health, but what about the women in the situation? Erectile dysfunction is obviously tough for men to deal with, but that doesn’t mean they are the only ones coping with the effects of ED. Both the man and woman in a relation need to know and understand what the other is feeling.

When you are the first to speak out against the wrong doing of someone, or an institution it is never an easy battle to win.

An email I got today.


A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
 
 
 
 
 
     
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying A word.
 
 In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl.
 
 Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what you see."  "Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.
 
 Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.
 
 

It never ceases to amaze me when people are the main perpetrators of things they condemn.  Yes yes no one is perfect but jeez man some things just  a little too much.

Tonight five thirty something year old women sat around a kitchen table reminiscing on "Convent days", laughing, snickering and just having a good old time.

We always tend to crave the things that are bad for us. The day I discovered I was allergic to strawberries the strawberry cheese cake parfait at KFC was never more tempting; I found myself wrestling with the thought of buying myself one just so I could have a spoonful, not even the entire thing lol.

We all want to be nice, we want to be the one who stands up for the truth, who helps the little old lady with her shopping bag, the one who never gossips, who avoids conflicts, who doesn't procrastinate...

I am never the type to say "Who she, she just jealous me" because for as long as I have known myself there are two things I hold firm to:
1. According to my mother never be jealous of people because of what they have because you don't know how they got it and
2.I always say that what ever opportunity I have been blest with there is probably someone who could have done more with it.

Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" is one of the greatest songs ever made!!

It is a song that challenges us to do many things; educating ourselves and standing up for injustice are just two.

We are often placed in situations where we are to be an element of change, sadly many of us shy away from these opportunities because we are uneducated. I don't mean uneducated in the sense that we never went to school but in the sense that we are often unaware of the rights of others and ourselves.