Category: Identity&Womenhood
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The Big Change
Womanhood Through the Challenges Our Beautiful ChallengesBy Marie W.O.W.C.P. I’m very close to that time in every woman’s life. The big change is knocking on my door. And honestly, I think for many women this season of life can feel emotional, confusing, and even scary for different reasons. For me, it feels even more frightening…
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When a Chapter of Womanhood Begins to Close
There is a part of life that every woman eventually reaches,but no two women experience it the same way. Some women welcome it.Some fear it.Some grieve it quietly. And some of us do not realize how deeply it will affect us until we are standing in the middle of it. Lately, I have found myself…
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I Am Allowed to Take Up Space
By Marie W.O.W.C.P. For a long time, I tried to make myself smaller. Smaller in my voice. Smaller in my needs. Smaller in the space I took up in the world. Living with cerebral palsy sometimes made me feel as if I was already noticed before I even spoke. People noticed how I walked. They…