So eighty-ish pages later I'm all caught up in my A History of Women in America book and actually ahead a couple of weeks that way I can dive into the next book, Bread Givers. (Oh and the book we read a couple of weeks ago, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl was a portrayal of the meaningfulness of freedom that seriously left me awestruck)
After all of tonight's reading I feel smarter, well I guess not really... definitely more informed though...like I can literally feel knowledge seeping into my brain as I learn from the experiences of women throughout our country's history. I'm devouring it...wanting more right now...and that's saying a lot from a girl who's most academic pursuit is usually reading this month's issue of Real Simple magazine.
I've been blessed in my life with amazing friends and family that have accomplished great things...they just KNOW a lot...whether it's my cousin teaching in Thailand...my Dad operating on people everyday... a college friend being trained for military interrogation in Arabic... my best friend from high school running a sea lion rescue and care center... or another friend from college working with eternally displaced people in Darfur...just worldly knowledge and worthwhile accomplishments.
Meanwhile I've raised Mac, which I do know is worthy in and of itself. I just ache for an accomplishment beyond running a mile or passing a test. I want to get out there too...granted it won't really be truly out there as much as it will be a career at a community college close to home, but when I read what I did tonight I CANNOT wait to share it. It makes me eager to teach people that being a "feminist" is a good thing despite it's stereotypical man-hating perceptions. As much as I would love to fast-forward these next forever-few years of school and get out there tomorrow, I'm just as eager to experience more of the brain-seeping I had tonight.
So please remind me of this next time I complain about having to read. :)
