I will be attending a very unconventional convention with
my direct sales company I am a part of on July 23rd- 25th. There will be an awards night where we are suppose to dress up as a superhero that most reflects
us! I have struggled for months over
how to achieve this as I am so not a superhero kind of girl! I finally said tongue in cheek one day I was
coming as myself because I am my own superhero.
Funny thing is the more I thought about it the more I realized that in doing so I
would not only be celebrating myself but many other women like me who have
overcome major obstacles and challenges.
I like so many others out there have dealt with things that most people
allow to destroy or keep them crippled for the rest of their lives. Yet in spite of it all here I am at 52, happy, pushing forward and still setting goals for myself.
I am not bragging here, I know God pulled me
through, but here is what I am celebrating:
I made the choice to accept the God given help we are all offered. I chose to get better not bitter. When life
kicked me to the curb, I chose to get back up and ask (numerous times), “What now God, where to and
how?” If you have ever been through
something horrible... you better believe it takes superhero powers to do that!
Many women have suffered all or some of what I have come
through, abusive childhood, abusive relationships, financial hardship, divorce,
the death of a spouse, mental illness, raising children on their own, and on
and on. We so often fail to realize the strength and the courage it takes to
keep getting up, to keep praying and believing in something better than what we
are in at that moment. The ability to
accept help in spite of our womanly pride, the ability to even dare to dream of
a better future when reality is smothering us with hopelessness, where does
that come from? Somewhere deep within each woman who has come past, healed and grew, is this inner person who is not willing to give up!!!! That folks is what a real superhero looks
like!
So after much internal debate and 2 dresses... I have found
a way to express my inner diva and that inner superhero called Nora!!! So to all the other superhero women out
there... celebrate who you are, believe in yourself and don’t let anyone pull
on your cape! You got this girl... go be
the superhero God created you to be!!!!
