Now I know
What it’s like to have first world problems
While living in a third world…world
Now I know
It wasn’t my imagination
All these years
When I sensed
Something had changed
Now I know
What happens
When twenty first century solutions
Meet twentieth century mindsets
Now I know
That I can only be a woman
But I am more than a woman
I will always be a daughter
But I am not only a daughter
I can be more than a mom
But I am first and foremost a mom
And as a woman
In my culture
No matter how far I go
I will always be a woman
Now I know
That my struggles have paid off
Even if they had to take
Multiples of the effort
That others had to do
To achieve the same thing
Now I know
That there’s a world out there
That there’s a place for me
Somewhere some day
Even if that day
Just won’t be today
There’s a light somewhere
Even if it’s not right here
Right now
Now I know
That I know who I am
😭♥️✊🏽🏵
It’s been a long time since we last connected, dear friend. Moving words and moving silences in between. Sounds like we reconnect again in a somewhat similar point in our time…just a feeling. You know what’s awesome? I am reading a piece written by you for a graduate certificate in digital literacy. First reading on the list, was sooo happy to see your name there. Jumping right in!
Love, C.
Wow Clarissa. So amazing to hear from you. I miss you so much. Happy to connect on a feeling even if we haven’t been talking much. But we should absolutely talk more! Also excited that my piece on digital literacies is on your reading list. That’s wonderful, and I assume it is the one on difference between digital skills and digital literacies? I always refer to the success of that piece in being a non-peer-reviewed piece that gets included on course syllabi, rather than cited in academic venues. I bet it’s a more useful piece for more people!