Women of all time

 When I was a little girl, I saw the world moved by the death of Princess Diana, I saw my mum tear, and I asked her, do you know her. Then she laughed and told me the whole world knows her. Well, I meant were they like friends.

Well now that it is women's day and we are celebrating women in the world, I asked myself, what is it that would make another woman mourn the death of another woman even when they had not met ever.

I didn't know what would, but I took time to look at those extraordinary women and asked myself, what did they do that was special. Did they live half their life fighting to prove to the world that they were here and they deserved to be treated oh so elegantly, did they strive for power and glory, that we may have just a piece of the glory.

I was moved by their love, the fact that they cared and cared deeply for causes, humanity, and the greater good. They were women of strength even though subtle for some.

They loved deeply, and sometimes I asked myself if I could ever love that much, my mother surprises me. The nurses in Uganda who offered to help patients in Ebola and plague patients and in return they died, The Wangari mathai's who fought for trees and Uhuru park, do you know what that means. The mother Teresas of this world who lived past their comforts in support of others. The Ruths of this world who said wherever you go am gona go with you, the Esthers of this world who stand for their people.

I do not know if I could ever be those people, but something about them stands out to me, they had their strengths. They were women of their time. They were not the same, but indeed they still were all so powerful.

The future looks like changing the narratives of women. As Chimamanda puts it,

" Changing the narratives of women from being the submissive women to narratives of remind women that when Jesus rose again, he first met women".