Strong Women Community

Strong Women Community

Everyone needs their own support group of family and friends.  I had a very good one until a couple of years ago when all three of them (male and female) passed away within 3 years of each other.  Those people were my rocks and foundation; they knew me, warts and all, and loved me anyway, always giving me sound, sage advice.  In what seemed like an instant, they were all gone.

Recently, my life imploded beyond anything I could ever imagine.  At the beginning of this drastic life change, a friend told me that strong women need a community of strong women to surround them.  She is right.  I am fortunate to have good friends, old and new, who have stepped up, jumped in, reached out, and taken care of me.  They are all strong women.  They have helped me through this very difficult time and I am well on my way to finding my true self again.  They have advised me, listened to me, cried with me, held me, ranted with me, and checked in on me.  A few of the stronger (opinionated?? 😊) ones have pushed me.  While I knew that they were right to push me, I pushed back until I was ready to move forward.  (Sometimes it isn’t pretty when a strong woman tries to push another strong woman.  LOL)

I am by no means on the other side of this implosion.  I know that I will never be the same.  What I do know is that, thanks to these women (who I will not name, but you know who you are!), I will be even better and stronger than ever (and that is saying a LOT because my Mom raised me to be strong, independent, and self-sufficient in all things). 

THANK YOU to ALL of the women who are out there helping other women.  We MUST stick together.  We must support each other.  We must be there for each other through good times and bad.  We also must accept the support, help, and community that is there for us.