My Purpose
As a young girl you play with dolls
You are the Momma and your dolls your children
You have crushes on the little boy next to you
You put a pillow under your top and play like you’re having a baby
As you mature you have boyfriends
Some go to proms
Some have arranged marriages
Some have relationships where the man does propose
You marry
The pressure is on for when you are going to have children
Is that your purpose to be a wife and a mother?
Some never want to have children
Some find themselves in situations where they have children and give up the right
As a woman you have to compete in a man's world, still be the sexy wife, and mother.
What about the woman who isn't married
Does society dictate what her purpose should be?
Reading magazines, watching the news, and speaking with other women there are mixed emotions.
1.
There are more women CEO's now more than ever yet there
is still women doing the same job as their male colleagues and getting
paid less.
2.
Board of Directors for most fortune 500 companies
doesn’t have women sitting on the boards and yet we have more women with extensive
backgrounds, higher education, and the seat isn’t filled.
3.
More women are opting to not get married, adopt
children, and have a support system that enabled them to still have a work life
balance.
4.
Women are getting into politics to have a voice and
speak for those who aren’t heard and can’t speak for themselves.
5.
Women aren’t afraid to travel solo anymore and are
traveling the world. Having more disposable income.
When asked what my purpose is? To make a path for
those coming behind me, to lead by example what a well educated woman working
in Corporate America looks like and also is African American. Provide for my
family by being an entrepreneur, providing a support system for other women who
share their experiences and continue learning. My path didn’t include having children of my
own but I have nieces and nephews that are my legacy.
Biography of Patricia A. Saunders
Self Published Author, Patricia A. Saunders was born and raised in Connecticut before relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area nearly 26 years ago. She received her Master’s in Management from the University of Phoenix in 2011. After the passing of her mother who had Alzheimer’s, Patricia decided if she inherited the disease she wanted her words to be her legacy and that all the words that she kept to herself were to be released.
Her work has been featured on a Coast to Coast Book Tour at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Toronto Word On The Street, Sacramento Black Book Fair, Tucson Book Festival, Miami International Festival of Books and AARP Life@50+ Spring Convention. Recently she was chosen among 100 authors from around the United States to participate in the Author’s Pavilion at the 2018 Congressional Black Caucus Convention in Washington, DC.
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