&Nbsp; I had a hard time naming this chapter. It was either this title or Dumb Blonde. Now that I am an adult and a mother with daughters, some of the things I read in my journal that I wrote when I was 21 make me want to yell, "What are you thinking???!!!!" Wow, if I had Oct. 22nd to do over again I would do everything different. It is always dumb...
November 12 - Time for our annual Chinese Xmas gift exchange at Joyce's. We had it really early this year because we weren't going south until the end of November (after Ted and Chris got back from their hunting-without-a-gun trip) and were not coming home for Christmas. Well, Brian didn't get candles this year but he did get a cute pair of Santa...
Today is my darling Maya’s 16th birthday. I can’t believe it’s been 16 years already. Wow. The weekend is going to be full of birthday parties, family and friends and cake and fun. Part of having a daughter, in this time when things have gotten so much better for women than they were in the past, and yet being aware of how far we still have to go (birth control, harassment at work or on the street…why are these still issues? Insane and frustrating.)…part of that is seeing articles like this, and having them cause me to think of her. Of my hopes for her, and my dreams for her, and sadly, my fears as well. For her birthday, though, let’s concentrate on hopes and dreams and conquests made, shall we? 100 years ago today, the date of my daughter’s birth, women first voted in San Francisco. Happy Suffrage, SF women! And Happy Birthday, Maya, my darling daughter, my dream come true.
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