We are the Daughters they were fighting for... Our better life is here!

So how do you decide what is right... just or just obligation.... oh wait isn't it really just the feeling of obligation?  Who decides what we are obligated to do or be?  When is it time to start feeling an obligation to yourself.... do you put others needs and wants ahead of your own.... out of obligation.... to what.... to the friendship, to a family member.... do you have a choice in these matters or does obligation out weigh it all.....
hmmm pondering this today..... No stress right............. nope..... deciding my feelings are the most important and what I decide is to remain stress free.... Thank you God I have this choice!

Happy International Women's Day... today is an important day indeed... we take for granted all the liberties and rights we have today, when only a few short years ago... 100 to be exact these liberties and rights were out of reach for women right here in Canada and the United States of America.....

What is IWD: International Women's Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. ...  From 1908 -1910 great unrest among women was present.... Great unrest and critical debate was occurring amongst women. Women's oppression and inequality was spurring women to become more vocal and active in campaigning for change. Then in 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights.

Marking this monumental event is marches and events all over our planet.... what we take for granted today as a given in our world here in Canada and the US is not respected and observed in all countries... then again ladies.... is it all really respected and observed in our great countries the same as it is in others....

2011..... International Women's day is an official holiday in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China (for women only), Cuba, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar (for women only), Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal (for women only), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Zambia. The tradition sees men honouring their mothers, wives, girlfriends, colleagues, etc with flowers and small gifts. In some countries IWD has the equivalent status of Mother's Day where children give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers....

International Women's day should not be swept under the carpet or ignored... the rights of women are very fragile everywhere...  Issue that United Nations and IWD have focused on are:

•In India, About 20,000 brides are burned to death every year because of lacking dowries. The groom's family will attempt the bride on fire, an accident or suicide. The groom is also free when he goes to remarry.

•In several countries, women have been raped, and sometimes killed by their individual families to protect the family's honor. Honor killings have been reported in Gulf countries
•According to UNICEF, 100 million to 150 million girls and women have gone through female genital mutilation. Today, this female genital mutilation is accepted in 28 African countries, despite the truth that it is banned in a number of these nations.
•Rape as a weapon of war has been used in the world.

Today I dedicate to my mother, my grandmother, my girlfriends, my son's fiance, my staff, business associates, our nurses, doctors personal support workers, or housekeepers - all women who are working each day for the betterment of their lives and their families... quietly holding it all together....

Today celebrate even if just for a moment all the blessings and thank your maker for the fight that your foremothers did in  your honour for we are the daughters that they were dreaming would have a better life........