I Am Woman by Michele Rempel I am the sum of my experiences. But I have transcended beyond them to create my own person. A dash of this. A scoop of that. Some goes in. Some gets scraped out and discarded. I am soft with hard edges. I am hard with soft edges. I can be brought to tears by a harsh word, but I will rain harsh words to defend another, or myself. I am grounded and rooted, but I can float away to another time and place when I hear a bird sing or a child giggle or a man’s low voice. A childless woman who became a grandmother. A teacher who launched a business and still teaches every day. An artist who delights in form and color, who dares to say, I created something I think you need to see. A Daughter who questions my God every day. Why? Are you sure? How? My recipe changes every day. I am woman.
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