Our daughter and her husband recently had a ‘staycation’ weekend in a lovely hotel in DC. She posted on social media about this fabulous book in their room entitled, “Roar!” by Ashley Longshore. It is a tribute to some fifty influential women selected for this book. Each page is a portrait of this collection of mighty women with one sentence about their influence.
Just a few of the listings are as follows:
Amanda Gorman for her giant gift and voice.
Michelle Obama as a leader by example through hard work and self – love and positivity. She has two lovely portraits.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg with multiple pages shows us how capable we all are.
Coco Chanel is authentic, stylish, and iconic.
I bought four copies of the book–one for Bob and me and one for each of the households of our children. What I find most interesting besides the lovely portraits Ashley Longshore has contributed are the single sentences accompanying each woman. Knowing that one single sentence cannot possibly contain a lifetime or the sum of anyone’s fulfillment on this planet, it does give me pause to consider the rest of their stories.
Our narratives are not contained in one thing or one cause or one experience. Our stories unfold every day as we practice life. One success does not make everything else easy breezy. One failure does not seal sorrow over the future. Our story unfolds just like we do.
I look forward to finding more details of these stories and our own stories as they unfold. It is the practice that brings meaning.
~Lydia Patrick
