Back to Back Views: A Good Woman; A Good Man

“She came to me. It was my golden moment.She smiled. It was my silver sunset. Though she was beautiful, it was the moment I cherished. The moment told a story—of friendship, of life, of a good woman. It's the moments we live for.The moments that tell a story.It's the moment I met you.The moment I will cherish forever.The moment a good woman graced my presence!”

When the question, “What is a good woman?” is asked of any man, the first mundane thought is always, “A freak in the bedroom and someone I can take home to mama.” Whenever a question of this nature is asked, my first thought is this is a question for a twenty or thirty something year old. Times have changed. Today, the question is more relevant to many of us over thirty-five.

Divorce is prevalent throughout America and the questions of what are good men and good women applies to anyone fifty or younger. It's also a question a man of good mind wouldn't tackle or dare to entertain.

For many men including myself, a good woman is a dream and every man has his own thoughts of his ideal mate. She's usually a faceless dream that captures the heart—a dream that transforms into hope. A hope that one can only wish materializes into something real.

And good women are real, just as real as good men, contrary to the thoughts that both do not exist.

To me, a good woman possesses all of the traits of love and desire. She is God-fearing and her heart possesses the love of God. Her looks are not as important as her personality or her demeanor. She lives her strength, a strength she inherited from generations of good women in her bloodline. A strength that enables her to support and nurture, often times disregarding her needs for the wants and desires of others.

My idea of a good woman knows when to smile, just because; knows when to inspire those she loves to shoot for the stars as well as knowing when to say when. Her wisdom teaches and passes knowledge. She is kind and considerate, but equally stern and stubborn (of course, in a good way).

She is always there, during good times and bad times; and the word, “abandonment” doesn't live in her vocabulary, nor does failure know its way to her heart. She can handle the ups and the downs, make sense out of the good times and bad. She strives for better tomorrows and doesn't let the dark clouds of life overwhelm her or defeat those she loves.

And when the clouds roll in, she winks and blows me a kiss, and inside, I know life could never be bad, because my good woman is by my side.

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