For such a time as this

A Real Woman’s work is not easy, it is the stuff of heroic legend.

Any unremarkable man can use his life resources to make money and gain s*xual conquests (and there are many men of substance who are far more than this), but it takes a Real Woman to harness her life’s resources, combine them with another’s, and help form the stone of bedrock we call the “family”.

Only whiners spend precious time, money and energy bemoaning their inability to “have it all”. A Real Woman takes what she has and makes it better.

Whether she has been forced to work outside the home or she is privileged to stay home, she knows where her heart belongs. Her every thought and action is focused on the physical and emotional well-being of the ones she loves.

She won’t make a big noise or exert, assert, or dominate, but she will work quietly and tread softly in the strength of confidence which needs few words but is expressed in actions.

Over the years she has been mistaken to be useless fluff (or a slave), but just like the hardware holding together the huge beams of steel in a skyscraper, when her muted influence is gone, societies crumble to dust.

The list of these accomplished women is short, because most of their names are kept secret in Heaven, each letter written there through years of prayer and dependence on God’s able grace, but I am sure, if there is any tangible goodness or blessing any of us have received in this life, a Real Woman has touched it in some way.

You see, a Real Woman never loses sight of her eternal perspective only to grasp at the temporary circumstances of life. When it is time for the awards to be passed out, she will be content to sit back in the shadows and with deep satisfaction know what her years of sacrifice and hard work have won for others.

A Real Woman is not self-fulfilled, but selfless. She does not demand the seat of honor at the dinner table, she carries the serving tray.

She doesn't lose out--she gains it all.