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It is a simple idea: that women in leadership positions will result in more just treatment of women everywhere.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. – George S. Patton This blog is dedicated to GraceLikeRain, mother of four, who recently wrote in about her childrens fears. I couldnt stop thinking about her courage – while her husband is in Afghanistan, she is raising their family. Four children under six years old! My son was afraid of hats. It had something to do with The Cat in the Hatby Dr. Seuss. (He is a little sinister, come to think of it.) It didnt matter what kind of hat – any time I tried to put one on him, it was as if a monster were about to sit on Alessios head. That mysterious Cat and his striped top-hat had also triggered other anxieties in my toddler: bicycles and umbrellas, to name a few. Yet The Cat in the Hat is still one of Alessios favorite books. Fear. We all have it. It’s a fact of human nature. A survival tool meant for our own good. Fight or flight. Knowing when to stand strong and when to run.

Anyone who knows me will tell you that I do not have a soft, sweet tone to my voice. I know people with voices like this – people who still sound chipper and happy even when theyre seething mad – and I used to make fun of them, or goad them into saying curse words, because it always sounds funny to hear a high-pitched, upbeat voice let loose with a string of expletives.