lady-roars, 10

!!! welcome to lady-roars, 10 ~ !!!
i initiated freeform conversation with fellow women creators about art, identity, and whatever else.

Heather Harney was one of my first friends. born just weeks before me in late June, we have pictures to prove our babyhood through womanhood times together. i had the pleasure of seeing Heather just about a year ago on my favorite farm in Iowa. she loves to travel, works hard for the money, and is truly very beautiful. i would like to thank her for responding to my Iowa-themed email about growing up amongst corn, pigs, and gravel. below is what Heather has to say ...

What makes me an Iowan girl ~ ~ ~

Child activities/lessons:

Rolling down green grass hills, thinking everyone in the world also had an enormous yard and cows in their backyard, screaming at the top of my lungs just to see if anyone else could hear me, learning it is okay to just be by yourself, sometimes the quiet is all you need, everything lives and at one point will die, going through an enormous amount of pets (having them live for over a year was a rarity, not the norm), being content with what you have, there are few friends in the countryside but the ones you do have are your salvation and escape and you love them all the more for it, waving at people ... they will always wave back in Iowa, you have no control over mother nature ~ accept her, hay bales are amazing to lean on and jump off of ...

Adult observations/lessons:

Life is filled with unexpecteds ... roll with the punches and embrace it, being open-minded makes life much easier to enjoy, be considerate and empathetic, small rural towns are a treasure, your family is actually a source of strength, the scenic route takes longer but it is a more fulfilling journey, love the smell of the country air, life does not always have to be hectic ... slow down ... solitude does not equal loneliness, be confident in yourself, other places in the world are wonderful, but Iowa is actually an amazing place!