Month: January 2017
Source: Train spotting
Train spotting
Everbody watches trains.
Kids do. And they dream.
Drivers do. And they sometimes curse, when one gets in their way.
Passengers do. Anxious to be on their way…to work, their loved ones, or destinations far away.
And so do an elderly Scottish couple at the shuttered station in Napanee.
Every night.
Happy Year of the Rooster!
On Being a Woman in 2017
Watching him get sworn in was the last straw.
Now I get it – it’s personal.
Reminding me of all the times I couldn’t get ahead because of prejudice against females.
At work.
And in my social life, where I was an object.
Not a clever, talented, charming person. Just a vehicle.
Then…two other women joined me on a very tough work project.
Without the male managers on the team, despite them, we succeeded.
We delivered.
And so went my career and my life.
It was tough sometimes, being a woman in a man’s world. Especially a strong woman.
But it was rewarding, too. I had a great life and career.
I didn’t think much about it….until January 20th, 2017.
When it all came rushing back.
The unfairness, the uncertainty. The lies.
All the attempts to keep me down, all those times.
That man shook my belief in the equality of women. Something I hadn’t thought about in a very long time.
I hated that. It wasn’t right.
But he couldn’t take us down. No one can.
Not anymore.
We have our own power now.
I’m excited to be on here, sharing my creations.
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