If I Should Have a Daughter

Hi friends-

Today I got to share some behind the scenes on why I wrote my spoken word poem ‘If I should Have a Daughter’ over on Shannon Geurin’s blog (https://shannongeurin.com/blog/). This poem is about what I would say to my future daughter, if I should ever have one. But it’s also about the identity all women have as daughters, and what that means in this world of ours.

Here’s a snippet from the post I wrote (and if you haven’t seen the poem, I linked it below for you too!)

“We are the warrior women. The women with lives that speak volumes and mouths that say the hard things. We are the ears that listen and the hands that hold and the feet that take action. We are the ones who show up to the fullness of this life.

We find beauty in being real and try hard to love the people who are hard to love. We know that life is sometimes grey but some things really are black and white.

We are the lovers of neighbors and the fighters for the underdog. We do brave things even when we are afraid, and we take time to laugh when we’d really rather cry.

We are messy, but we are mended. For we trust our Savior is big enough to hold all of our scattered pieces.

This is who we are.

This poem is a reminder of our core identity, and what we can expect to find in this life we’ve been given.”

-Rachel Hall

Read the rest of the post here: https://shannongeurin.com/blog/ 

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