Friday, August 23, 2013

My story

Who will tell my story when I am gone? Who will know my thoughts and fears? Who speaks my language...my language of desire, of pain, of fear, of hope? Who has ridden these dreams with me....who understands that the girl I see in the mirror and the girl I really am are different?

I wonder about that voice. Who will speak for me? Who will tell stories of me? How they will describe the woman who aches for adventure, freedom, a world of possibility? Who finds herself so conventional, so stereotypical, so unfortunately bland.

I am reading these stories of remarkable women. Of women who weave intent, passion, destiny into their lives. Of women who leave a legacy, often unwillingly and unknowingly, and who have their stories theeaded into the fabric of the future. The quilts that get passed, both genetically and nurtured, into families, friends, colleagues and acquaintances. 

I wonder who will sit by the fire and remember my stories.