...the threads that hold the world together

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My mom has always taught me the importance of relationships. She would carefully tread our family's dynamic, ensuring we all felt seen, cared for, and most of all, loved.

My young eyes observed, and my ears listened. They learned that threads connecting us to others must be attended to and nourished.

My seven-year-old heart quickly understood the importance of having someone to play with on a school playground. Further years of education taught me that the most vital connections a human being can make are friendships. They create magic in everyday life, filling it with pockets of sunshine and deep breaths in tick hurricanes. In my life, I have been fortunate enough to experience the most profound friendships a girl could ask for. And they were all in the form of female friendships.

I would choose the words "poles apart" if I had to compare male and female friendships. It's simple: "Women understand."

Writing this, I don't mean to suggest that men don't understand. I want to emphasize that women's friendships simply hit differently. They scratch a woman's part of the soul that craves the connection to feminine energy. Its roots follow the path of understanding, gentle compassion, and truly hearing the emotions behind the silent words or blazing eyes. All the women who experienced truly welcoming, nurturing female friendships know what I am talking about.

Simply put, it feels powerful when women gather together without distractions, judgment, and societal pressure; like a pack of wolves preparing for hunting, filled with sizzling energy, clear eyes set on a desire to hunt life goals.

Every woman holds a wild, powerful force filled with creativity, passion, and instincts. It is when you learn to tap into that wild source of power that you become unstoppable. Only through other women can you truly tap into and comprehend the feminine energy residing in your bones. Its nature is a part of the driving forces that create us all, giving us unique qualities. It is a type of energy that everyone possesses in distinct amounts. It is generally seen as more receptive, nurturing, and intuitive than masculine energy, often seen as more active, assertive, and logical.

My female relationships have been a saving grace. The place I feel most seen and understood is the sofa of my sister's home, the eyes of my friend who listens and understands my pain, and the secure hug I get when life offers me my ups and downs. They are genuine gold; women in my life are my rocks.

I perceive my friends like silver threats that wrap around my body. With their wisdom, guidance, and actions, they often shock me to my core and awaken the deep-rooted primal sense of my-self. My friends create a glowing silver layer of protection, giving me armour for this unforgiving world. Together we have build a space where we can shamelessly explore ourselves and encourage each other to be brave with our decisions.

I have no words to explain my admiration for these women around me. All I can do is leave a quote from "She Who Runs With the Wolves" by Clarissa Pinkola Estés: "Within every woman is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. Her name is Wild woman."

To all my wild women, I love you to the moon and back.

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HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMAN'S DAY TO EVERY BRAVE HEART OUT THERE.