I am.

I am
woman.
wife to my wife.
daughter to my parents.
sister to my brother.
aunt to my niece and nephew.
friend.

I am
a professional woman in technology
an amateur photographer.
motorcyclist.
creator.

I am
feeling ugly
but know that I am not.
feeling beautiful
and know that I am!

I am
weak
and strong.
scared
and confident.
capable.
intelligent.
the woman the world asserted I wasn't
and tried in vain to prevent me from being.

I am
Danielle

[I wrote this sometime earlier this year; I have no idea when but my guess would be mid-late summer since the top of the page has some notes from my July interview with ByWater Solutions.]