This excerpt is from an email from Larissa Loden jewelry. It is too good to not be placed in the archives here:
“Let’s celebrate things women did this year (and continue to do) that didn’t make the headlines.
Started businesses from kitchen tables and spare bedrooms. Ran for school board to protect libraries and classrooms. Left toxic relationships and rebuilt their lives from scratch. Raised kids, worked jobs and held entire families together, sometimes all in the same day.
Started therapy. Set boundaries. Chose themselves. Remembered everyone’s birthday and planned the entire group trip. Showed up for friends going through hard things. Advocated for themselves at work when it would’ve been easier to stay quiet.
Made career changes after years of feeling stuck. Kept households running while also building careers. Supported other women without keeping score. Did the invisible labor that makes everything else possible.
The world runs on women doing things no one notices, but know that we see you.“
Are you passing on love or are you passing on pain? Heal your pain and pass on love.