What Does Sisterhood Mean To You

In my youth, I learned to disengage from the word “sisterhood”. Growing up with no one to call my biological sister, I was constantly surrounded by my brothers and their friends. I usually never knew girls long enough to call them my sisters because of the emotional draft and catty spirits that tend to linger between one female to the other. For some reason, I never fit into a “click”. My mother would tell me stories on how she watched me as a young girl playing on the playground and running to every group of young girls but no one in the group welcomed me with open arms. I was truly a misfit looking back at my life; misfit being with a positive connotation, not negative. At one point of my life, I thought I would never have that group of girls that I could relate to or them to me, nevertheless I was later proven wrong.

As I sit in my room pondering over the pasting year and the upcoming year and then I have realized that I found an unexpected love or rather that love found me. No I am not talking about a love specifically with one person. This love is called a sisterhood; a union between women from all backgrounds.

You see, the definition of sisterhood according to Dictionary.com states that a sisterhood is a congenial relationship or companionship among women; (with) mutual female esteem, concern, support, etc.; an organization of women with common interest. In a nutshell, this definition is saying that you have some commonality with the woman sitting right next to you or in the room beside the room you are in. Now, you may be thinking that you don’t have anything in common with Annie Sue, or the head cheerleader at your school, or the manager of your department, or maybe even the biggest “weirdo” you know, but please think again! We all have one thing in common for sure and that is that we can call ourselves women.

I see a society full of women ready to bring the other women down just so that there is some sense of empowerment in themselves. Rarely, do I see comradery in today’s time. Why does it feel like when I walk around a group of girls that I feel like we are in competition with one another?  We should be uplifting one another instead of putting each other down. Not making each other feel less than what we really are. We are a sisterhood and we are all Queens. In my short time of living, I have grown to appreciate the power behind calling someone my sister; especially as I have grown to know myself in Christ. 

So I want to give all my ladies and even the men some homework. YES, HOMEWORK! But trust me it is not hard. Well, I think! LOL. Tomorrow the next time you look at another female of any ethnicity, shape, or background give her a compliment or offer to pay for her coffee because we all deserve that treatment as sisters and companions. This may be harder than it sounds for some but don’t allow your pride to get the best of you. You never know how much that little gesture can brighten her day. Fall in love with the meaning of sisterhood.

XOXO,

Ericka