Letters to the girl child.

Dear girl child, I pray that this finds you strong and happy while you grow up, I hope you are lucky enough to have grown up in a modernised society that does support girl child education. Better yet, you are to be ushered into new hilarious changes, which will probably get you aware or unaware, and most of those will identify you as who you truly are while you grow with them, others will break you or mend you but I hope you never feel less of yourself and I hope no one ever makes you feel that way. Your breasts will grow, your buttocks too and soon enough you will bleed every month, I hope by now you have experienced all that and you have grown into a young fine lady that your father and mother are so proud to have had, each time they see you, they wish they made more like you.

When it’s time for you go out there, keep in mind that the world out here is so lucky to have had someone just like you, to get to have your brilliant brains and hands on the works of the world. Carry your head high and be hungry to accomplish the worlds treasures, be humble, disciplined and kind, believe in God too for He’s going to get you through a lot easier than anyone else.
I pray and hope that while you are about to head out of your parents’ house to marriage (at a time of your choice, hoping that no one is marrying you off forcefully) or any other vocation that you choose, may you find yourself first. Be mentally, emotionally, physically, financially independent. Ruth Bader Ginsburg a feminist once said “My mother told me to be a lady, and for her, that meant be your own person, be INDEPENDENT.”

May you not seek fulfilment or approval from the world outside in order to feel accepted in society. There will surely be rough days, days that will make you want to give up your entire personality that you have built, but dear noble lady, hang in there a little. You are not the first there, and your situation is not the worst that could happen. How you react is what’s going to make you different from all the people. Stand out. May you not require someone else to make you feel comfortable in your own skin. Be confident enough and believe in your natural beauty, not to deprive it of its originality.

“The emerging woman will be strong minded, strong hearted, strong-souled and strong bodied…, strength and beauty must go together. “ A saying by Louisa May Alcott. I pray that the battles that you fight emotionally and physically make you stronger, may you speak up and fight for equal opportunities with men for collaboration rather than superiority. May your name reign and shine like an armour, may your story be different, and all that you bring forth pick a leaf, to build a nation, a generation of strong, made of steel, lovely independent women.
With love
Champ