Recently I was asked to write a letter to the daughter of a program participant from several years ago. I loved the idea of doing something like this. I was one of several people asked to write such a letter. I asked for permission to share my letter to her daughter; she said yes. Consider doing this activity for a young woman in your life. We can all use a ‘guiding star’ in our lives from time to time. And, as always, here’s to women supporting women and girls!!
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 - 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 18𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘺! 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 "𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴" 𝘢𝘯𝘥 "𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨". 𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘔𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦.
𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 "𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴". 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘦 18 - 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵. 𝘉𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯. 𝘉𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦. 𝘉𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥.
𝘉𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯:
1. 𝘐𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵.
2. 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘈𝘴𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, "𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦?"
3. 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴.
𝘉𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦:
1. 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴.
2. 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘴. 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴.
3. 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮'𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 "𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳" 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦... 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘰.
𝘉𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥:
1. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦.
2. 𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭. 𝘔𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭, 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, "𝘐𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨! 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦." 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.
3. 𝘐𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘈 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘵𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺.
4. 𝘉𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 "𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨". 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘗𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵. 𝘔𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦:
1. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘰? [𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘴, 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘴.]
2. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯? [𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘺. 𝘍𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 - 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴.]
3. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥? [𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.]
𝘐𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨:
1. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘰𝘺!
2. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵!
3. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 - 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯!
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