National Daughters Day

Here’s to the daughters in my life – and to those in yours. Although International Daughters Day is celebrated on the 28th; today, September 25, is National Daughters Day. So, let’s raise our hands in a toast to the daughters that we have, have been, or were born to.

In my case, I was the first child (daughter) born to the first female born into her own family. My mother, a Holocaust survivor, was a strong woman who stressed that a woman could be and should be equal to any man. She raised me to believe that with hard work and the use of my intelligence, I could achieve any goal I desired. She also gave me the understanding that sometimes it took more effort or applied intellect for a woman, but that anything could be accomplished.

Two of my four children are daughters. Hopefully, I have given them the same confidence, if not more, than was instilled in me. Both are beautiful, accomplished, intelligent, and fair women. Each of them is raising a daughter to have the same qualities they possess.

Like me, my daughters also have sons. They, as I did, are teaching them to respect and cherish women as their equals. To understand that adherence to equal rights and opportunities is important.

How does this tie-in to writing? I could point to the parity issue that was the basis for the founding of Sisters in Crime because women were not receiving the same number of reviews or amount of pay as men (a fact that is better now, but not perfect). I could note how many women presently write under their own names or female pseudonyms rather than the initials that they thought would gain more acceptance of their books by readers who mistook them to be male writers. I could think of more rationalizations to tie-in-to writing, but I won’t.

This time, I’m simply going to be grateful for daughters. Will you join me in celebrating National Daughters Day?

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