Saturday my women's community gathered for six hours of sharing song, stories and food to celebrate International Women's Day. As part of our celebration we were each invited to light a candle in honor of a woman whose life has given us hope and courage. As we lit the candle we shared the woman's name and told a bit of her story. Such a crowd of witnesses hovering around us! How little we know about how our lives touch others. But each of us is a model for someone, a living example of what it means to be a woman of truth, power, love and courage.

So who would YOU have lit your candle to honor? What woman has lived and maybe died in a way that shows you what it means to be a woman?