We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For

I think by the time I was 10 I already realized everything in the world that was supposed to protect me, keep me safe, or provide some sort of justice for wrongdoing against me failed to provide any of those things.

I learned quickly that little in life is fair, terrible things happen to good people, and there’s often nothing and no one waiting in the wings to come save you and make things right.

If I’m being totally honest, I think I spent many years of my life waiting and hoping maybe that could happen someday. Like someday magically the world would care about the things that happen to so many girls and women and there would be some sort of healing vindication that might come along.

It hasn’t.

But, there came a time where I decided no person or system, or anything outside of me was going to dictate the relationship I had with myself anymore. There was so much power in that decision.

It is our birthright to feel sovereign in our bodies and sexuality, to experience pleasure and joy solely for ourselves, to feel unashamed and worthy and more than enough, to explore our erotic, to decide who we want to be in this world and not give a shit what anyone else’s opinion on that is, to create our own safe spaces in our bodies, to love ourselves and each other wildly without the need for one ounce of outside validation. These are the things that can’t be taken from us.

We can’t change the entire world in a day, but we can start one woman at a time.

Love you all and remember, no need for love and light and positive vibes only here. I’m grateful to have a space we can move through everything together.

XOXO,

Andrea