I've always heard the saying that little girls are made of "sugar and spice and everything nice," but I'm not so sure that's true. I used to think how cute this was and what I understood it to mean was that girls were better than boys because we are so sweet. As I continued to grow older, I started to understand that what this saying really meant was that girls are supposed to be sweet all the time, that we have a place in this world and it's not to stand out, speak our mind, or be disagreeable. Somehow to be anything but a sweet girl was to be a girl who is unworthy of attention, kindness, or love. Growing older still, I learned even more to be invisible, silent. I'm sure Mother Goose probably never intended for her cute nursery rhyme to do any damage to a young girl's self-worth, but there's a lot more to being a girl. Girls, young and grown, are complex, unique, and absolutely fabulous beings. We definitely should be seen and heard, free to live fearless and fiercely (insert two snaps, a head tilt, and a side glance here). Girls so rule!
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