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Saluting Strong Women Who Speak the Truth
I muse joyfully today on kindness, on cups of tea shared, on strong women, on voices heard, on speaking the truth.
InDepthNH.org (https://indepthnh.org/series/joyful-musings/page/16)
Susan Dromey Heeter is a writer from Dover who recently let her hair go au natural white. Writing has been her passion since her English majoring days at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Dromey Heeter has lived in The Netherlands, Alaska and currently basks in all things New England, including the frigid winters. An avid swimmer, Dromey Heeter’s great passion is to bring back body surfing as most children have no idea how to ride waves without ridiculous boogie boards.
I muse joyfully today on kindness, on cups of tea shared, on strong women, on voices heard, on speaking the truth.
Let’s face it, January was long, was mundane, was heartbreaking, was grey and something akin to that moment when someone announces, “Okay, let’s start the meeting.”
I feel like this man at least thirty times a day.
And I wish that for all: hard work, dedication, honesty, literacy, dedication to truth. A lot can be accomplished in one day, Santa.
And what is a Jesus Hotel you ask? Well, since I enjoy the art of collecting, I have not one but seven nativity sets.
Earlier this week I met a four-year-old boy who, when I asked what he did for work, told me his job was “to plug in the Christmas tree.”
What a week for standing ovations. What a week for witnessing honor, to muse joyfully on women’s voices, women’s spirit, women’s truth.
It’s the end of Halloween week whereupon the grams of sugar I have digested are equal to the national debt.
A beautiful young woman wearing scrubs asked, “What is your name?”