What Can I Do?

"What can I do:" the young girl asked, as she lit a candle for equality.

"What can I do?" the mother asked, as she lit a candle for hope.

"What can I do?" the grandmother asked, as she lit a candle for humanity.

"What can I do?"

We all read about atrocities leveled on women. Wome everywhere. Afghani womem. Iranian women. Women in the Congo. Women is Sierra Leon, Iraq and yes, the United States of America.

"What can I do?" You can support organizations that assits women in crisis. You can donate money. Yes, your hard earned cash. Even a quarter, a dollar. It all adds up when combined with other donations. Donate your time. Volunteer at a Woman's Shelter. And you can pray, regardless of your religion, you can add your energy to the energry of others.

"What can I do?"

When we chose to pick up even a tiny piece of the gauntlet thrown down by inhumane treatement of women, we lessen the chance of it continuing. When we shine the spotlight and draw attention to what is happening, we make it harder to happen again. When we speak out in unison, our voices joining others, we create a symphony that is impossible to ignore.

What I can do. Yes! What I can do. Not myself, alone, but myself, linked to and through all of the other women in the world.

What can't I do?