I’m thinking about strength today and what it means.  I have been thinking about my mum, her mum and also myself in a way.  I come from a line of strong women, strong because they had to be and because they had the strength of character to carry on despite the knocks along the way.  I’m thinking about them a lot at the moment as it’s nearly the second anniversary of my mums death.

So what is strength.  I don’t think a strong person is one that is able to express themselves loudly, use power over another, overcome those that are weaker or get themselves noticed because of their presence.  Strength can be found in silence, like in those that keep their own council without the need to rant and rave about life.  Those that are sure of their own strength do not have to demonstrate it outwardly, secure in the…