Last year I redressed a So In Style doll as First Lady Michelle Obama (FLMO) in honor of International Women's Day. This was part of a So in Style (YahooGroup) activity. We were supposed to dress a doll to represent our state. My dressing a doll in stereotypical or non-stereotypical Texas attire was not something I chose to do, but I did want to participate. Instead, I allowed S.I.S. Grace to shadow FLMO because the First Lady ranks high on my mental list of women trailblazers.
This morning as I reflected on other women whom I admire, I began with the following list (in no certain order of their lives and/or achievements):
Harriet Tubman
Mother Teresa
Myla Perkins (doll historian/enthusiast, and author, whose books inspired me to write)
Sojourner Truth
Rosa Parks and stopping abruptly with Maya Angelou... realizing the most important female trailblazer, mover and shaker in my life IS and always will be my mother, who was born this day during the roaring twenties.
Happy Birthday, Mama! May you enjoy many, many, many more!
This morning as I reflected on other women whom I admire, I began with the following list (in no certain order of their lives and/or achievements):
Harriet Tubman
Mother Teresa
Myla Perkins (doll historian/enthusiast, and author, whose books inspired me to write)
Sojourner Truth
Rosa Parks and stopping abruptly with Maya Angelou... realizing the most important female trailblazer, mover and shaker in my life IS and always will be my mother, who was born this day during the roaring twenties.
Mama during the 1940s (I believe)
Mama holding my sister in 1963
Mama during the 1990s
Mama (right) supporting me in 2005
My mother has endured, seen, and achieved many more things that are important to me than any celebrity or noted figure. So this year, on this day, the date of her birth (before I visit her in a few hours to shower her with a monetary gift-filled birthday card and the desired Burberry Weekend for Women eau de parfum she requested), I honor my mother, Bea Behan. My mother has always been my best role model, biggest supporter, and confidante. She is the most important, graceful, elegant, faithful, caring, woman I have ever known.
Happy Birthday, Mama! May you enjoy many, many, many more!
