Waiting for my Aunt Chris to retrieve my nearly wind chilled body from work today, I had the most simplistic, yet profound moment....And in this moment of cliched clarity and otherworldliness ( and grinning like a fool) I turned to my Aunt Catrhy and said, " Holy damn, I'm a WOMAN. Not a girl, or just a young lady, a Woman." An adult of sorts. An impossibly simply and extraordinary epiphany.
As this wave of sudden realization and glee hit me, pulled me under and took my breath away, I felt an immeasurable sense of empowerment. My spine tingled and straightened, my head held itself a little higher, my chest filled with warmth and my cheeks hurt from the silly ass grin on my face.
I've never felt so free in my life.