Woman's Day

What a Day

Birthday!

Today is Baldursdottir's seventh birthday. I'm exhausted. Sitting here beside my mom, the girls upstairs (mine plus a sleepover), my awesome Nordsman asleep early. All kinds of awesome was today. I'm not going to go on about all of that though because it's just not what this blog is about. Or maybe it is and I'm just too beat to remember.

Oh wait. It's about time....how much I do and don't have. How well I can stay on topic when my eyes are drifting. If I have any ability at all to manage it. Ironic, right?

Woman's Day

Today is also Woman's Day. And while my head is spinning, and I am somewhat blank in the mind, I am posting the lyrics to one of my favorite songs in honor of the day. Because it's not just for me. It's for my girls when they claim their title as woman. It's for all women and girls. It is one of the most deeply touching songs I've heard.

Shaking the Tree

Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree

Waiting your time, dreaming of a better life
Waiting your time, you're more than just a wife
You don't want to do what your mother has done
She has done
This is your life, this new life has begun
It's your day - a woman's day
It's your day - a woman's day

Turning the tide, you are on the incoming wave
Turning the tide, you know you are nobody's slave

Find your sisters and brothers
Who can hear all the truth in what you say
They can support you when you're on your way
It's your day - a woman's day
It's your day - a woman's day

There's nothing to gain when there's nothing to be lost
There's nothing to gain if you stay behind and count the cost
Make the decision that you can be who you can be
You can be
Tasting the fruit come to the Liberty Tree
It's your day - a woman's day
It's your day - a woman's day

Changing your ways, changing those surrounding you
Changing your ways, more than any man can do
Open your heart, show him the anger and pain, so you heal
Maybe he's looking for his womanly side, let him feel

You had to be so strong
And you do nothing wrong
Nothing wrong at all
We're gonna to break it down
We have to shake it down
Shake it all around<
Peter Gabriel, Youssou N'dour

By The Way

Even though I'd have preferred go crash, I learned how to do the html code to get song lyrics and poems set up. Yay me! I'm essentially doing random stuff that makes me learn. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have the nerve to try an image.