i love all these.
I particularly love the examples given of women in the poster's life who inspire them. my mother in law inspires me. She's an amazing woman. She's in her late 80s, lives in rural kenya, has a farm and is still out in the fields herself. AND runs a little shop. AND walks a couple of miles a day. AND always has a houseful of her beloved grandchildren.
She lost two of her 10 children, and her husband, within a short space of time.
She got on an aeroplane for the first time to travel all the way here when our first child was born and despite the fact that we couldn't speak the same language, we got on wonderfully. She was such a help.
She learned English for me! At her age! Just so she could talk to me. (I tried to learn kikuyu too, but I am ashamed to say that she managed better than me to learn a new language
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She raised ten children and she and her husband put them all through school. All the way to university - rural farmers in kenya at a time that there was no free education! (there's still not much!)
She's so wise, comforting, strong, and she's got a wicked sense of humour! There's such a twinkle in her eye.
I could go on about her all day. She is just the most amazing woman. If I could be half the woman she is, I'd be so proud of myself!