On International Women’s Day, I want to tell you about the woman who inspired me the most.
My mother once sat beside me on a stone bench and said,
“You know what I want? I want to learn a computer.”
On her next birthday, I bought her a laptop.
She held it like it was something precious and said,
“You do not know how happy you’ve made me.”
This was 2009. She was 75 years old.
Over the next few years, she learned to write emails.
She opened a Facebook account and reconnected with distant relatives.
She watched YouTube videos. She even took online courses.
That small laptop opened a whole new world for her.
She passed away five years later.
But before she left, she learned one more skill:
How to stay curious about life until the very end.
If you’re thinking:
“It’s too late for me to learn something new,”
Just imagine my mother at 75, exploring the internet with the curiosity of a child.
Age is never a barrier.
The barrier is the story we tell ourselves about what is still possible. 🌸