Growing into womanhood means trading in fantasies for tangible dreams.
Growing into womanhood means shedding ones naïveté for a wiser and clearer vision.
Growing into womanhood means gaining love and losing love but still moving on.
Growing into womanhood means realizing you do not always have the answers 
         and then learning to accept wisdom inherited from others.
Growing into womanhood means having the courage to let go 
         when your needs are consistently unmet.
Growing into womanhood is having the foresight to know that 
         wearing your heart on your sleeve is not always beneficial.

			TODAY I AM A WOMAN…