A WOMAN'S IDENTITY

In "feminist" writing, it is a sad commentary that there are only three stages in a woman's life because women did not have their own identities as they were always dependent on a male for their own identities. The three stages are:


1. SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER
2. SOMEBODY'S WIFE
3. SOMEBODY'S MOTHER

Reminding me of my own personal insignificance and lack of identity, the saying didn't hit home for me, until one day, in talking to a teenager, she asked, in awe, "Wow, you mean that you're Derek's AUNT?"