Shout out to all the women who name themselves.
The women who don't let anyone else decide who they are,
how much they understand and where their place is in this world.
Shout out to all the women who persist all alone,
and to those who persist in pairs
of women who support each other through it -
whatever 'it' is.
Shout out to the women who stand up for what they know is right
even when others tell them they're wrong.
To the women who stand against injustice of all kinds
and never take no for an answer.
Shout out to the women who understand their worth
and who fight to be valued in the ways they deserve.
Shout out to the women who have given up,
been shamed, quieted, and held back -
and came out of that place and became something great.
Shout out to all the women who define greatness and success
for themselves and not those definitions imposed upon them.
You women are who I look to when I forget who I am, what I'm doing, and what I deserve.
I look to you and you remind me of all I am - and can be.
So keep going.
Be passionate and brave; breakdown and take rest.
Be everything you decide to be.
