I have not been able to write as much as I would like (and I do love doing it, it's like therapy for me). I have literally been around the world in 4 months (Toronto - Miami - Caribbean - Victoria - Alaska - Vancouver - Hawaii - French Polynesia - Fiji - New Caledonia - Australia - Italy - Toronto) and now that I am home I need to take care of all that fun stuff (like banking and dentist appointments) that I ignore for majority of the year. I do hope that in this whirlwind I can sit down and share some of my travels with you but in the meantime I wanted to share this speech with you.
It's my birthday in a few days and it's lovely being home for it. I will meet my friends and we will chat and catch up. They will ask me when I am leaving the ships and ask about my romantic life and the dreaded question of kids will come up. I don't want kids, I never wanted kids and it's not because I am a sailor, it's just something I never see myself doing. I can't even commit to living in one country or to stay anywhere longer then a month never mind commit to having a child.
Anyways, I saw this speech and I thought it was awesome. Honestly I don't feel any pressure from society to be married or to have kids and I know plenty of men and women (sailor and non sailor) that are like me. But I do get annoyed when some friends questions me. I don't understand WHY they would want kids and I don't question it, I think it would be nice if they didn't question me.
Nevertheless this speech from Tracee Ellis Ross is just wonderful and I would like to share it with y'all.
Click Here for the speech: Tracee Ellis Ross - Glamour Women of The Year Speech 2017
