08/03/2026
Happy international woman’s day …
This is me … photos taken 31 years apart … celebrating my womanhood today ❤️
But I’d not be the woman I am without the women who have walked, danced, loved, helped, served, taught, laughed, cried and celebrated beside me.
I’ve been witnessed by the most incredible women.
From the start I was ‘well mothered’. Raised in love by a powerhouse of love and strength. A mother who showed me that love tucks you into bed with good stories and love also says no, pack it in, behave yourself and, no you are no going out like that … 😂
Mothering that taught me right from wrong and told me that life was for the taking, dreams are for making, that nothing is impossible but you must stay true to yourself.
And I’ve been blessed with sisterhood 🙏🏼 real sisterhood ❤️
As women we are communal creatures. We need each other. We lend ur strength, our courage goes out on loan and we are supposed to raise our babies besides each other.
To all of my powerful friends, the ones who have stood up, spoken up, held me up and wiped my tears when I needed them. To the same women who danced with me, laughed until we ached, listened to each others stories, hopes and dreams … I’m 50 and I’ve been blessed with five decades of friendships …
And then the births I’ve attended. The women who trusted me to be with them in birth. The blood, sh*t and tears & sweat wiped. The veils crossed and the worlds walked between. I don’t have words for the women I’ve served just a heart ready to burst.
To the new mums who came to classes, shared tea and birth stories, cheeky newborn faces and talks of sleep and poo and precious early days. Such vulnerable times on the path of motherhood, I’m so blessed to have been a signpost on the path. ‘Try this, try that … you are doing an amazing job’.
I love being a woman. I love being a mother. I’ve loved every step on this path of power but I could not have done any of it on my own …
So today I celebrate ALL the women in my life. And everyday I’m grateful for all the men who love me too ❤️