Living the True Life…



          I guess we are supposed to be married by the age of twenty-five, or we become “strange.” The fact that I am 24 and not married has really been a blessing. The elders in my closed minded community would greatly disagree with me. It is their understanding that every woman is to be married and having children. Many of my peers have already completed this milestone and are living the “true life.” I’m just not ready to move into a trailer park and call it quits.

          There has to been more in life than this. I want to explore and have freedom. We seem to be in this mindset that all females are homemakers or caregivers. I think we as a society have tarnished what young women could be. I will not bind myself to a trailer park and have children. I am more than these typical small town girls. I have come to the conclusion that we only live once and why waste that precious time. My grandmother often asks when she will have great grandchildren. I can only tell her, “When the time comes.” I have also had people mention to me that I should be “hitched” by now. Why have we put these ideas out there? I don’t see why I cannot be an independent woman without a husband. There are plenty of women who make it on their own every day.

          My old truck used to break down all the time. I would have all these nice people stop to help me. One man mentioned that, “You need help? I know you are just a woman.” I was appalled at this notion of being “just a woman.” Women are the ones who bear life and usually the ones that support that life. I am capable of getting up, arriving at work, and supporting myself. Furthermore, I am a strong independent woman.  

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