inspiration

Thousands of great women are living among us. For one, I am amazed at women, who have several kids, a job and manage a household and take care of their husbands. I have one daughter, a husband that helps a great deal in the household and one that cooks dinner for us almost every night. I am very lucky, still, I am complaining every step of the way and am exhausted every night. Sometimes, I don’t know how these Moms can manage all that and still more! So, all these incredible moms out there have my respect and inspire me!
However, in my immediate environment, it is my grandmother, who inspires me everyday. She is the most optimistic, modest and content person I know. She embraces the day with what it comes and always takes things with a grain of salt. She has the ability to make the best out of even the rough times and still appreciates that. She had no easy life. As a child, she was pushed away by her own mom, later on by her dad as well. At the age of 40 she learned that her dad was not even her biological dad. Pushed around from foster family to foster family, she still never gave up. With no education under her belt, a husband that hit her, two small children, she dared to walk away from the negativity and make it on her own. She followed her dreams and opened her own clothing store. Now, in her eighties, she still lives from the money she made with her store. I talk to her almost every day and wish I was a bit more like her. An amazing and warmhearted person, a woman who see the positive in everything and enjoys the day no matter what. Truly inspiring!
Another woman that inspires me is Joan Didion. She is a writer, who has touched me with her words. She has a way of writing that is simple, straight forward, yet elevated, but always very near to the reader. Her book “The year of magical thinking,” while very sad and depressing, it is also one of the most heartening and moving books. She has made me cry, laugh, wonder, and feel the beauty as well as the sadness that is among us. I have mourned with her, but her writings have also given me the chance to be grateful for all the wonderful things I have in my life.