Goodnight Sun, Hello Moon

Opening the Door to Our Future

Painting by Vitek Kruta in Gateway City Arts in Holyoke, MA

                                                                          Photocredit: Me

Today was the last day we spent with delegates. We had to bid them goodbye as they left for the train station and air port. Many hugs and gifts and business cards were given out to those who left. Today, I will share with you my favorite song by an musician named Sara Bareilles. This is her song "Brave." And here are the lyrics to the song if you don't want to listen to it:

You can be amazing
You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
You can be the outcast
Or be the backlash of somebody’s lack of love
Or you can start speaking up
Nothing’s gonna hurt you the way that words do
And they settle ‘neath your skin
Kept on the inside and no sunlight
Sometimes a shadow wins
But I wonder what would happen if you

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave

Everybody’s been there, everybody’s been stared down
By the enemy
Fallen for the fear and done some disappearing
Bow down to the mighty
Don’t run, stop holding your tongue
Maybe there’s a way out of the cage where you live
Maybe one of these days you can let the light in
Show me how big your brave is

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

Innocence, your history of silence
Won’t do you any good
Did you think it would?
Let your words be anything but empty
Why don’t you tell them the truth?

Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
See you be brave

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you

I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you


I have been inspired by all of these women. I want to travel to different countries around the world and learn more about other cultures. I hope that I will have the opportunity to visit all of my sisters (delegates) in their home countries. I am humbled to have been a key partner in the success of this Institute. I will continue to develop my leadership skills as I rise up at Simmons College. Who knows, perhaps I will consider a position in diplomacy one day... What do you think?