A little clip, just made for me, so I knew where to find the thank-you cards the seniors had crafted for us.
Tag: <span>women</span>

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Like a sock in a wrong drawer, being overlooked and sometimes pushed around for no other reason than not matching.

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Angie had called in advance. I sent the dogs outside when I heard her park in the driveway. A moment later, a woman very close to my age came in and introduced herself.

between you and me
how desperately
how it aches
how desperately it aches between you and me

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I cannot recall a time in my life when I was allowed to do nothing or very little. Of course, I had resting periods, vacations, and holidays over the years but as most women know, we never really rest. There is always something to do.

(“No brass bands. No speeches. Instead a still, silent, effective influence.”—Anti-suffrage speech.)
We are waging—can you doubt it?
A campaign so calm and still
No one knows a thing about it
And we hope they never will.
No one knows
What we oppose,
And we hope they never will.

Our way of life
has hardly changed
since a wheel first
whetted a knife.


