My hope is that my daughter, and future generations, will not have to
cross the same rickety bridge as many times as I did. We must radically
change how girls are raised from birth.
It's so much easier than this never-ending un-doing many women seem
to be stuck in.
We don’t need more “self-help”; we need to come back to who we were.
May all women on the journey to cronehood stand at the
entrance of the broken bridges and shout, “No more.” May
we break down the bridges that lead to pain and suffering;
rebuilding new ones that inspire joy and community.
May each of us reclaim the Goddess within.
∞∞∞
Hendren is the author of The Girl God series. Her Third book ‘Tell
me why’ is coming out this summer. You can read more about her
projects at www.thegirlgod.com.
Paintings by Elisabeth Slettnes, illustrator of The Girl God series.
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