I am a feminist. I believe wholeheartedly that I can be and have it all.
I recall years ago when my husband went to his reunion at Columbia. I went with him to one of the events. All the wives were huddled around each other, while the husbands talked about old times. Being the Barnard woman I am, I tried to interject with the guys where I could. This took place until one of the wives asked a question I dreaded. She asked, “So what do you do for a living?”
I always hated that question because I didn’t feel comfortable saying, “Me? Oh I am a stay at home mom.” OK, you at home mothers by choice. I know it is the 21st century, and women can have any career they want, bear children, and still walk away from “It all” whenever they choose to. I was still young, and not quite sure what I wanted out of life. I felt I spent my seven sister education on nothing. I didn’t realize, it was in the trenches of diapars and baby babble, where Wonder Woman was being born.
Fast forward years later. I have 2 beautiful children, a husband, and a rising career. I have had the opportunity to start businesses, work for major corporations, and walked away from each company with the expectation that I was going to experience something great. I have it all just like Wonder Woman, and I intend to use my golden lasso, fly my invisible jet, and save many children from a voiceless existence through the courtroom. Oh, and I am going to be a darn good mother too.
See, I am a feminist, and proud of it.
Mom. Wife. Lawyer. 