There is one more love of mine that i will probably be talking about -MUSIC. Music soothes me, makes me laugh, makes me dance, energizes me, sometimes makes me cry, reminds me of events past, reminds me of people in my past, connects me with younger members of my family, makes me want to sing, creates entertainment for me, my family and my friends. Good gracious! Is there anyting else in your life that can do all that for you? And most of the time, it's for free! Can't beat that bargain.
Let me return to the issue of woman. Most of us had women teachers all thorough elementary school. I did. There was one male sixth grade teacher in our elementary school. For most of us our Mothers and the female members of our families were the most important peoplein our lives until we were into our teens. For me women Sunday School teachers and librarians were also important. From the time i was 8 or 9 i could walk the six long blocks in my small town to the library. It was housed in one of those quaint, small, red brick buildings that had started life as a railroad station. There is at least one in almost every small town on the east coast. By the time i was 10 or 12 i was shelving books and checking out books for patrons. From that age on there has always been a library in my life.
My question is, since we all had that foundation of women being the authority, the decision-maker, the comforter, the doctor, the manager of the household, how did we then get brain-washed by society to believe men were better at those tasks than women!?! For most of us by mid-teens had "learned" that lesson, and many still live with that idea today.
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