I love it when I wake up in the morning singing because I'm Kate,
... when it is so cold that the moisture in the air crystallizes right out of it,
... when a man I haven't met opens the door for me and says ma'am,
... when a friend calls me to set up a lunch or coffee date,
... when I can come here and find support and laughter,
... when the college kids ignore me because I'm just some old lady,
... and when the women I've known for years treat me as one of them.

Kate