147. February 21

I like being a girl.

I love getting dolled up.

I love hairspray, makeup, and perfume.

I love chick flicks and sappy songs.

I like to flirt. I like to be courted.

I want to be a wife and mother.

And I want to celebrate my femininity.

This doesn't mean I'm not driven, intelligent, and confident.

It certainly doesn't mean I'm weak or feeble minded.

I just think it's fabulous to be female.

"[Her] work taught me that you could be all the traditional feminine things -- a mother, a lover, a listener, a nurturer -- and you could also be critically astute and radical and have a minority opinion that was profoundly moral." 

~ Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith