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A Father: <\/strong>Who will protect me, guide me, encourage me, love me, and show me how to interact with good men.<\/p>\n

A Mom: <\/strong>Who will listen to my heart, who will support me, love me, and pour good feminine energy into me. $\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

Mentors: <\/strong>Women who will walk beside me and ahead of me, modeling for me what a good woman looks like, encouraging me, challenging me, and stretching me along the way.<\/p>\n

A School: <\/strong>That understands how my girl brain works and shapes my education accordingly, to help me be all that God created me to be.<\/p>\n

A Church: <\/strong>That understands how my girl brain hears the call of Jesus and equips me to follow him as the Image of God Female.<\/p>\n

A Vision: <\/strong>That empowers me to be who God created and calls me<\/em> to be, freeing me from the pressure to have to be everything.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"