sorry guys if you are checking here regularly, life has somewhat overtaken me in the last month or so. big time personal drama, but i won't go into that here, because i have something new to share with you.
today i had an epiphany of sorts :) for some time now i have been wondering about the message i have to share with the world ... i am a speaker without a topic - but one who can speak about anything, i am a writer without a book - but one who can write about anything.
and today, i had a realization that i want to write and speak about women's lives and women's wisdom. and that part of this has come to me because i am struggling to find my own wisdom and my own path forward just now. but i want to create something that women will give to their daughters, perhaps when they are as young as 8 or 9, or perhaps on their first menstruation - their initiation into womanhood.
a book that will also be shared with women having their first child, getting married or divorced, going through menopause, discovering their life purpose. a book of wisdom that draws from all women of all ages, from all around the world.
ahhhhhh.
it feels right to me. it feels like i have a purpose, to begin to research, collect, collate, edit and draw together the strands from women like those reading this blog .... and those who are not. from those who are legends in cyberspace and those who have never even seen, let alone turned on a computer. i want to collect their words, oral or written and put them in a place where every woman can read them.
so a book, or perhaps a series of books ... a platform on which to speak and share and encourage others to share ... a website/forum for women to voice their experiences and share and support each other, and potentially so much more!
i would love to read your comments and thoughts in response to this idea - what would you like to see or read or share in such a book?
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Hi Karen
I think you have such wonderful ideas and this is yet one more.
What a great project. I think it will take you on a journey where you will meet many wise and interesting women.
I sure wish my mother had been around when I was growing up. This would be such a gift to young women and girls without a parent especially.
And what about the children in Africa who are losing their mothers to Aids?
A book of wisdom. Lovely.
Hugs
Blue
I think this is a great idea. It would be a great book for a Mom to share with her daughter when she wasn't sure she had the right words herself. Or to give to support a friend who was going through a transition or life change. And imagine all you could learn and share with us as you collected the wisdom! Why do I get the feeling that someday I'll turn on Oprah and see you sitting there talking about this day when your book idea came to you?!?
Hi Karen! It's Rae from the Tavern.
This project is a great idea- I'd love to see how it develops.
In the same spirit of connection, I wanted to let you know that I tagged you in this post: http://fiddlemama.blogspot.com/2007/07/mrs.html Play along if you feel like it! :-)
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