Happy (Belated) Women's Day!

So when I was a missionary in Latvia, one thing I really liked was randomly receiving flowers from people on seemingly random days. They had a lot of them...most of them were some memorial day or holiday I'd never heard of. Anyway, March 8th was another one of these "random" days. I know, today is March 9th, but better late than never, right? Anyway, the first time this happened, I learned that I was receiving flowers for the simple and incontrovertible fact that I am a woman. No, it's true! Well, I was not going to look a gift flower in the...(that doesn't work here, does it?), anyway, I graciously accepted them. It wasn't until later that I learned that this "holiday" extended beyond the boundaries of just Latvia. Actually, I learned that the Latvians themselves weren't the ones keeping it going, but the Russians. Hey, all I cared about was getting pretty flowers from friends and strangers alike! But for those of you interested in learning a bit more about International Women's Day... here ya go. And even though you may be a day late (and a dollar short) go ahead and wish all the women in your life a HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY!!

Oh, and perhaps this isn't necessary to say, but I do take pride in being a woman and support the cause for equality of the sexes and while this makes me a feminist simply due to that fact, I hope I am not mistaken to be (oh I do hate this term) a feminazi. I try to stear clear of any heavily one-sided or fanatical belief system...but I fear that I may be opening a can of worms that I had no interest in opening, so let's just leave it there, shall we? I am, after all, a great fan of the male persuasion! So, down with inequality...long live equality!! And...let's just all get along, k?