YOU WERE, SO WE ARE .. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY... March 8, 2018

YOU WERE, SO WE ARE…

You who built the foundations of our family

who came from lands far away ..

you who built the future of many generations

yet knew so few…

if only you could look upon those of today

and see what a wonderful legacy you bequeathed

to all who live now and all who have passed before.

We may never have met, but I know your heart..

your strength, your determination, 

your will to make the world a better place..

just as we of today’s world  long to do. 

You are present in all those I share 

so many years of history with..

my much loved mother..

my beautiful granddaughter and daughter..

and my lovely daughter in law

who is adding her own history to the mix…

you are present in my cousins, 

my aunts, my niece, my grandmothers..

and in all the generations between them..

and all who have found their place by marriage.

We are a part of you, united by love and inspiration..

we gather friends around us, 

those in whom we see something of kin

a familiarity and a similar purpose..

they are the family we choose for ourselves.. 

We are blessed, we are united

and bound together.. all because of you.

© Crissouli March 7th, 2018