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A Need To Celebrate The Spirit

I never thought that I'd find my passion and purpose in the midst of all things - a series of articles I was doing for Domestic Violence awareness month. Each story was equally painful to hear, but it was my interview with Carolyn Chappelle that had an impact on me. A tough New Yorker whose vulnerablilty came pouring out--surprising her and leaving me with the need to celebrate women and their spirit.

After the series of articles, I didn't write for a month. I had to remove myself from that place that ravages a woman's spirit and takes a large part of who she is, and I needed to celebrate my own spirit. I couldn't forget T.K's rejoiceful spirit, Monica's faith in God, and I couldn't get Carolyn's voice out of my head - her voice quivering as she talked about being like a rose whose petals weren't fully bloomed. I admired her will to help other women overcome their own abusive situation, and I wanted to do something about the pain of all the other Carolyn's out there. The pain we never get to see.

The thought that women need to celebrate themselves bubbled inside me for weeks. I wasn't quite sure what it was that I was going to do, but I knew it would involve writing. After all, it was what brought me to this place so far removed from my own woman experience - and it is what brings me to the core of my being every time I feel things slipping away. I have always written personal essays about my own journey - words about owning my face, loving my goddess self and following my bliss. It is how I celebrate my own spirit.

Since I dabble in web design, the idea to start a website celebrating women's spirit was fitting. With my husband as cheerleader, my limited html skills, a computer slow as molasses, I designed the pages and gathered content with thoughts of "Oh, Lord, what have I gotten myself into." The work was overwhelming, the panic was real but I think that this project is as much for me as it is about helping other women celebrate their spirit, as amid all this I have rediscovered that my passion and purpose is writing and expressing myself creatively.

Now that the site is up and running, I still remember the night, seven months ago, when I fell onto the bed and casually said to my husband, "I think I found my purpose with my writing, my niche. I want to do a website for women." He could tell that a month of the domestic violence series had affected me and it had become personal for me. Yes. Personal - that is how I want people to feel when they drop by the website - that this is a personal space that celebrates women and their spirit and inpires them to embrace their passion and purpose.

Celebrate Your Spirit!

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