Patience and Waiting

As the youngest of five, I often felt like I was left behind. Waiting. Because of some of those experiences in high school, I have wanted to write a story about waiting. Taking my fiction class has given me an opportunity to do so. I'm not going to put it here, (maybe later), but I just wanted to mention some of the important things about waiting.

Waiting seems to be a common lot of women. Throughout time, the nature of men and women and their roles often leads to men going off to war, or missions, or business trips, or even just daily work away from the home. While women are often left to dwell at home with a more limited sphere. I stand in awe at the patience, and the steadfast diligence of women who stay home and "hold down the fort." They see the days turn into years as they watch their "menfolk" do the "more exciting work." Again, where do these women gain the patience to stand still? Maybe that is why being quite inside is so important.