A woman’s life of limitations

With tears in my eyes I watch on TV a woman who has lost both legs in the Boston Marathon bombings.  Being a woman I feel that the world has severe limitations for me, but as far as my faculties are concerned I am whole, I am functional.  What if that wholeness is taken from me?  What if I lose a limb or lose my eyesight?  It is a dreadful thought that I do not want to entertain much, but I am sure it will be very hard for me to get used to that added limitation in life.  If such a handicap comes to me will I just drown in my misery, in my self-pity?

We The Women

We The Women
Horrendous things have been happening to the women of South Asia.  Probably it is nothing new.  Horrendous things have always happened to the women of South Asia.  Now there is more media exposure to these atrocities.  Does the other 48% of humanity even feel how insecure we women feel?  Do you Men ever give a thought on how suppressed we Women are?  I have grown up hearing how 'uneducated' women are.  Do you even realize how 'uneducated' anyone can turn out to be if they are constantly denied opportunities to learn and go places?  We the women constantly live under the fear of sexual assault.  Should 52% of world's population really live in constant fear?

Coming back, after a long time

I have come back here after a long time.  I don't like it.  This is my place, this is where I find solace.  I really want to spend a lot more time here.  But life!  It takes over.  It overwhelms you.  I get so busy in little things...and for days at end.  I lose the bigger picture.  But then something happens and I realize I need to do more writing.  I am afraid of posting un-edited writing pieces too.  But I guess blogs are meant to just express free thoughts, without worrying about the approved way of spellings and grammar.  There is definitely freedom in just pouring out your thoughts.