Never apologize for being a strong woman.

I believe in strong women. I believe in the woman who is able to stand up for herself. I believe in the woman who doesn't need to hide behind her husband's back. I believe that if you have problems, as a woman you deal with them, you don't play the victim, you don't make yourself look pitiful, you don't point fingers. You stand and you deal. You face the world with a head held high and you carry the universe in your heart.

In this day and age, I'm starting to see a pattern with the way society views a strong woman. They are made out to be mean, angry, and selfish, but in all actuality, a strong woman is a powerful woman!

I like to classify myself as a strong woman, and that's because I have had to deal with many challenges and struggles in my life that would break the average person, but it only made me stronger. When I was in high school, I liked to think of myself as a strong woman that could go tic for tac with my male friends in gym. I thought it meant not caring about my popularity or who knew my name. I thought it was knowing exactly what I wanted to do with my life before I got my diploma and not letting anyone stop me from achieving my dreams!

In college it's the long sleepless nights, the tears that you won't let anyone see, falling in love but not letting it distract you.

Here are a few examples of what a strong woman means to me

1. It is standing up for what you believe in and not to caring what anyone thinks.
2. It is getting through those hard time with grace.
3. It is knowing what you deserve and not acepting anything less.
4. It is failing at something and not giving up.
5. It is NOT being an ENABLER!
6. It is speaking about the past that haunts you daily but you fight through the pain.
7. It is loving things about yourself society says is not beautiful or sexy.
8. It means you don't need validation from anyone, not even you mom (sorry mom).
9. It is being fun with no bounds!
10. And most importantly it is being unapollogetically yourself!

This to me is what it means to be a strong woman, and I know I will never apoligize for it, and you shouldn't either