I feel hope when I learn that women are rising
When one woman has reached another in need
When a woman who has been punished for speaking out
Meets a sister.
When girls learn that they have a right to be free
To choose their lives
When a widow wins back her home and land
When women farming sustainably have a good crop year
When women plant trees
When women get girls into schools
When girls have pads so they won't miss class
Or be taunted by teachers and boys
I feel hope when menstrual huts are closed down
When girls have mentors like my World Pulse sisters here,
And all of these women's organizations forming everywhere
As we find each other
And rise.
I feel hope when I hear of safe houses for women fleeing violence
When I hear of trafficked women being freed
I feel hope and I celebrate when I hear or see photos
Of women gathering in these women centres
Being taught a trade
Having money for the first time
Having other women to talk with
About what they have gone through
About what is happening now
About what they want to see happen
About our right to be free
I feel hope as we find each other
When we are able to tell our stories
About what we know and have experienced
And what we see is possible
I feel hope when we know our own worth
Through our conversations with each other
I feel hope in the meetings we have with each other
To know the work that World Pulse sisters are doing
Encouraging so many women
Creating a safety net for women
Globally
And that so many girls
At such young ages
Have the chance to be inspired
By an older sister, a mama, an aunty, a grandmother,
A World Pulse sister
I feel such hope because we are connected now
I feel hope in the work that every one of you is doing
Knowing how many girls have been touched by your sweet loving care
I feel such hope knowing that now thousands of women and girls
Have been given the opportunity to meet and speak together
And believe in themselves
Because of the work of World Pulse sisters
I feel hope because I am alive and unafraid to speak the truth of what is going on
And that I am so far from being alone
I feel hope in the connections we are making across all our organizations
I feel hope because we have each other
I feel hope and I am continually inspired by the work and the energy of all of you, my sisters,
And of the daring of all of us here
Willing to live outside the boxes, the prisons, the torture chambers we have been forced into
Our bodies, and our minds
In too many ways throughout our lives
I feel hope with every one of us as we fly free
I feel hope in celebrating all of you
Undoing these lives of servitude that we have been told are our sole purpose,
Breaking free together for the world we know is possible
Bringing our strength and brilliance, that we were told does not exist
Feeling it rise in our very bones, through our hearts
Though our discussions
And now out to the world
I feel hope because I am alive and unafraid to speak the truth about what is going on
And that I am so far from being alone
I feel hope in celebrating each one of you,
My World Pulse Sisters
Fly, dear Sisters
Spread those magical wings
Built of tears and determination
Transformed by our joy in working together
Spread those magical wings
And fly!
Hello Mama Tam,
How are you? I hope you had a lovely Christmas. Thanks so much for sharing your inspiring poem of hope:-) We have a lot to be hopeful about. Hope you have a great, rest of your weekend. XX
Thanks Jill,
As always it is so special to be able to be working together.
Big hug,
Tam
You're welcome, dear!
Yes:-) Agreed!
XX
Hello Tamarack.
This message of hope is really inspiring. Just like what I see in my community of women getting their own money for the first time, learning a trade, and all that. So encouraging. Let me spread my magical wings oiled with love and support from your and the sisters her.
Love and hugs.
Hi J Brenda,
Such good news from your community, and to know you are spreading your fine, strong, magical wings. We fly together now, thanks to World Pulse.
Much love,
Tam
Hello my lovely sister. I hope that your Christmas was filled with peace and love. :) I love your poem. It is so beautiful and thank you so much for such encouragement. I continue to press , spreading my wings, no longer afraid. I appreciate you. Lots of love. :)
Dear Catherine,
I am so glad you love this poem. From my heart to yours, we fly together now!
Love in sisterhood,
Tam
Hello dear, thank you very much for that poem. God bless you
Dear Eseza,
Thank you, my sister. I am so grateful to be here, to have been able to meet you and know we are working together.
Sisterhood love,
Tam
Dearest sister Tamarack,
What a beautiful and heart warming poem on hope and women as agents of change that the world needs badly. If women offline and out of the ambit of digital technology can also get a taste of this value of living in a safety net made of women in collaboration, we will see massive wave of change. Loved your poem, Tam!
Love ans hugs,
Urmila Chanam,
India
My dear sister Urmila,
How lovely to get your message. Every time we describe what we have now to a woman who has been isolated, I believe she feels the safety net. I think of the many thousands of women you have woven this net for. So much love to you.
Deep in the Sisterhood,
Tam
Mama Tam, what a wonderful way to close out the year 2020 with a shining message of hope. Thank you for your poem. Together, we will fly high!
Yes dear Manasa,
How I love to be flying with you! Thank you for all you do.
Deep sisterhood love,
Tam
Dear Tam,
Wow what a poem so full of hope it went straight to my soul. Thank you so much for this and yes I will fly thrusting we will be doing this side by side with virtual hugs for each other along the way.
Light and love always
Marie
Dear Marie,
We are flying together, and your message has me laughing in happiness. Such joy that World Pulse has brought us together!
Love in sisterhood,
Tam
.....and I fly with you and my pulse sisters mama Tam. What powerful words that makes me want to skip from bed and just runnnnnnnnn to hug a sister somewhere who is in need.
Thank you for these reminders mama
I also feel hope, when mum Tam feel hope for us all and for all the young girls and woman in our world today. Thanks so much for the love you share to every one mum.
God blessings and protection upon you.
Hugs
Dear Caroline,
So glad to be flying with you now, thanks to World Pulse, and to see you flying to the women who don't have this, yet.
Much love,
Tam
Dear Honourine,
It is such a joy for me that we are together now, and that we have this news to take to more and more women.
Much love to you,
Tam
Thank you for sharing your story. It is inspiring.
Hello Joyeeta,
I am so glad to know that it gives you some inspiration. I see that you have recently joined us here. Have fun exploring. We are in this together.
A welcome hug to you,
Tam
Bonjour Madame, et merci pour cette poème d'espoir. Dans la vie il faut avoir de l'espoir car le grand chose nous entend dans l'avenir tant que nous sommes en vie. Bonne fêtes et bonne année 2021 Madame.
Chère Mukabi Zawadi,
Si vraie chère sœur, ensemble, nous créons l'avenir, croyant en ce qui est possible en travaillant ensemble. Salutations de saison et bonne année à vous et à tous à Maman Shugaa.
Dear sister Tam,
Few things I have read have filled my heart as much as your poem did. It is like meeting you afresh, from a new angle, and an army of the women of your tribe, armed with weapons of all sorts and overpouring with purpose and determination. But is was also confronting the weight of all the reasons why we need to have hope, which is all the battles we have conquered which are still all the battles we are fighting. It is seeing our unity, resilience, faith in our vision and skills, and our determination in spite of the challenges. It's like a canvas of black. with the word hope spelled across the centre in white, and we have the task of extending it across every inch of canvass so that no black is left. We celebrate that word, because it spells our victory, the beginnings of it, the extend of it, and the radiance when that victory is complete. And so, hope reminds us of our purpose, fuels our passion, and keeps us accountable. I'm just so in love with the imagery you paint through your poem sis Tam, I am in danger of writing you an essay as a commentary!
So I will say thank you, for seeing all of us, what has been accomplished, what is being accomplished, what is possible, and why every woman and girl is needed.
Your words spell hope I so many ways, and I am so so happy to read it, and SEE!!
Much love in sisterhood :)
My dear sister Nini,
You make me smile so broadly, my heart full, and you make me laugh from my belly. Thank you so much for writing about the ways that this poem touched you. Though we both love to put words to "paper", I imagine that should we ever get the chance to meet in person, we would be talking non-stop for days and days. What a tremendous gift from World Pulse that we all get to "meet" this way.
Deep sisterhood love,
Tam
Hello, Mama Tam,
This world needs hope so much, and you have birthed that through your poem. Your message reminds me of the seeds of love we shared at our Thriving Thursday, and how you willingly and humbly received these and plant them. Thank you for ending this year uplifting us as you always do.
This year was tough. We were worried when you were physically unwell, but we celebrate that you rise above it! May you be well and healthy in 2021, filled with love, joy, peace, grace, and abundance!
Karen my dear sister,
Thank you so much. It is so true that together through our messages to each other on our zooms, and here through our reading to know each others' lives and work, we are building connections that have never happened before so strongly, across the world. I celebrate this deeply. Thank you for your concern about my health struggles last year, I am happy to say that I have been much better these past 6 months!
Dear mama Tam
How are you thanks so much for this poem .
It is a lesson for us and for our generations
stay safe,
valem
Dear Valem,
How good to have this sweet message from you. We are connected across generations and I'm sending you a big hug.
Greeting to you my sister Tam,
what a sweet well written lovingly poem, full of social justice, economics , advocation, equal rights and really so much was covered that it inspires your day , week and life. Congratulations to you on this beauty.
I am wishing you and family a blessed happy and safe New Year 2021 and beyond. Sending hugs too, xo!
Mama Queen
Dear Queen Sheba,
It is a joy to be able to have met you here, and to know we can work together from here on. Thank you for your words, they mean a lot. All the best to you in this new year, with big hugs back!
Hi Maam Tam,
Happy New Year of 2021. Thank you for this poem, it touches my heart. See you again in January with lots of love and vision.
Great Mama Tam,
Nice to meet you. I have been missed long back due to busier. SO sorry for unable to meet you, people.
Dear Anita,
How good to hear from you. All the best with your work. May you stay strong. Please do stay in touch as you can. You are loved by many sisters here.
Beautifull. We need to have small workshops to tell the Girlchild you have the right to be free.In our Country we have the marginalist groups in which girls become wives, mothers very Early she needs to used her Cellphones to speak up and speak out that if she was lucky to go to school.
Dear Katrina,
These words touch my heart deeply. I celebrate that girls are meeting sisters like you who can encourage them to believe in themselves. We need to support the girls in any way we can.
Hi Tam,
You have indeed said it all, World Pulse is one place where you get lifted when feeling low. Sisters always have a lot to share.
Regards
Harris
Dear Harris,
So true. We have been building something so special here. i am so glad our paths have crossed.
Happy New Year dear sister!
oh, qu'ils sont beaux ces mots, qu'ils sont inspirants, qu'il me donne du sourire.
merci beaucoup sœur Tamarack d'avoir partager avec nous.
nous gardons vraiment Espoir qu'un jour ce sera toutes les femmes du monde entier réunies
en une Seule femme capable d'aider, d'aimer et d'accomplir les grandes choses!!
Dear Tam,
I hope you are doing well. I could feel every words you have written . so simple and beautiful. Thank you for encouraging all of us to fly .
I express my immense gratitude to you for this magical piece.
Warm hugs
Narayani