Empowering Women

The fog never lifted today. It had rained during the night and the ground was still wet. A Women's Rally was planned at 1 p.m. and I wondered if anyone would show up. I was so wrong. 

Several hundred people showed up, men and women.  If it had been a ball game, then at least a thousand men would have lined the streets to support their team.  Aren't we supposed to be a team?

Courtney Tritch, who is a candidate for Congress, attended this gathering, promoting equality for women. 

I was glad to see that a lot of men attended to support the rights of women.  A Muslim man gladly posed for me and thanked me graciously for taking his picture.   

 In Islam, the mother is greatly honored. It is said that paradise is beneath her feet.  All mothers are precious and deserve the highest of honor with or without a rally. 

Fifty percent of the population is female, but it is the other half that has the power.  Men hold more key positions in our economy than women.  Don't get me wrong.  Women's rights have made great strides in the last century.  We can work, own land, vote,and go wherever we want to. The equality in pay still needs some work done. 

Did you know that 75 percent of the teachers in the United States were women? However, only three percent are on the Board. There are more women than men who work in hospitals, but men are generally in the key positions. I could go on and on. 

A couple of HAMILTON inspired signs made me want to sing.  I bet Lin-Manuel Miranda would have never thought that some lines from his musical would be material for the Women's Movement. 

The fact that so many men, young and old, came to support women thrilled me.  Maybe, someday soon, this will be a non-issue. Do you think that men and women can exist equally?

Mature Love

He loves her...still.  They have been married for years and "it" is still there. I watched as he kissed her hand adoringly. It is their nightly ritual, he said. She is his world and it shows in his face. A love exists between them that I have never seen before.  I look on wishing, hoping, praying, that someday I will be loved like this. Until then, I wait...

A tale of Unhandy Men...

I am frustrated...at my wits end.  I have a small house, only one level.  I didn't ask for much but it seems to be a great deal when it comes to getting it painted.  I hired a man in March.  Oh he was terrible!  He didn't know what he was doing and then had the audacity not to show up for two weeks.  So, my brother fired him.  Next, a man was referred to me.  Oh he seemed gung ho at the beginning.  But I hadn't heard from him since mid May. I thought, well maybe it is too hot during mid summer to paint.  I gave him some time to come around.  The last thing he said to me is that he would be over the next day and we would install a door.  I waited and waited. No response to my messages or phone calls.  I am a patient person, but this guy was the last straw.  Then I called a few days ago asking him when he was coming to paint the house.  When I opened the garage yesterday all of his stuff was gone with no response from him.  I now have another guy coming tomorrow. I am having the worst handy man trouble ever...Please pray for me!

The Truth About Men

As a woman, men can sometimes be a mystery.  We wonder why they do the things that they do. Well, at least I do. They will say one thing and do another.  It is the doing another bit that we should pay attention to. Have you ever heard the phrase: actions speak louder than words?  I can almost bet that this refers primarily to men.  They lie, they cheat, and they cannot be trusted, which my mother told me once a long time ago.  Yet every woman wants a man in her life.  It is a natural thing to want a mate, but you need to find the right one.  Even after all of the hurt that I have put myself through willingly (I was not in a coma when I chose those men), I still would like to marry again.  We all make choices about love.  In my case, I wasted too much time waiting for someone to get their act together or just plain ole' deception.  In any case, there is help.  We just need to learn how to read the signs.

# 1: Don't chase men. Yep, that is what I said.  When men want you, they do the chasing.  I know that there has been a change in the way things are supposedly done, (i.e. women's liberation, etc...) but men still want to pursue a woman.

# 2: If you exchange phone numbers with a man, don't call him. If he doesn't call right away. Let it go. Don't give him a reminder call about you. If he likes you, then he will remember you and call right away.  If he doesn't call, then you have your answer. Accept the answer and go on. 

# 3: Men will make up excuses (lies) so that they will not hurt your feelings if they are not that attracted to you. Example: I am really busy with work, I am too tired, I have to wash my hair...

# 4: When a man stands you up, run, far, far away.  He is not worth your time or energy, that is unless you are running away from him.

# 5: If he ever cheats think twice about keeping him around. They don't respect you or does he respect himself either. A cheater will never prosper in this life.  They are always trying to deceive someone and then justify why they did it.  (I know about this one very well)

I can go on and on about men and their ways.  I found a good book that every woman should read.  It is called he's just not that into you by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo.  They tell it like it is.  Women, we are too valuable to be wasting our time on those men who just don't want us.  There is an ocean of men out there for women. Far too often we settle for less than what we deserve because we think that we cannot do any better. Who told you that anyway?