Women...

Today is International Women's Day.  Today, while I would normally be at work (working a job that is both a right and a privilege for me to have), I am honoring the most important woman in my life.  My mother.  She is in the hospital, recovering from a surgery and waiting for more tests to try to get to the bottom of her health concerns.  She is the best woman that I know.  She has shown me what it means to be a woman who: works hard and loves harder, both succeeds and fails gracefully, laughs at herself even more than she laughs at others, is both strong and tender, is hopeful, prayerful, faithful, and joyful.  I strive to be as good as her and fall short of it on a daily basis.

So, in honor of my mom and women in general, here are some of my favorite quotes from or about women (the last of which is a quote from Mom):