By bbscribe94 on Skatehive
pixabay I used to think that being a woman was something you “arrive” at, like there’s a moment where you finally get it right where you become the perfect daughter to your parent, the perfect wife to your husband, the perfect mother to your kids, and maybe eventually, the perfect mother-in-law But life has been quietly correcting that belief, in that womanhood is not a destination, it is a constant becoming. I'm noticing how women around me evolve in layers, the same woman who once focused only on being a good daughter suddenly becomes a wife trying to find her place in another family. Pixabay Then she becomes a mother, pouring everything into raising children, shaping lives, holding things together even when she is tired and stressed And then life adds another title, "mother-in-law" and "grandmother". pixabay And that is where I started thinking deeply. Because I’ve seen how this role is often misunderstood, i've seen how some women step into it with control, trying to protect what t