What Defines “The Beauty of a Woman?”
by Jenny Hansen

 

The “Beauty of a Woman” Blogfest starts today. Last year, more than 40 people joined in and I’m proud to participate this year. I asked the question: Do Breasts Define The Female? The answers were amazing.

The BOAW Blogfest, started by August McLaughlin, was inspired by Sam Levenson’s poem of the same name. I’ve placed it below so you can share the dignity, kindness and grace that comprise the wonderful mosaic of woman. All the BOAW posts can be found here.

The Beauty of a Woman

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge you’ll never walk alone.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed;
Never throw out anybody.
Remember, If you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands,
one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.
The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes,
because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.
The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.
It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows,
and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!”

Authored by Sam Levenson, quoted often by Audrey Hepburn

The beauty of a woman is in the strength of her soul.

The posts on this topic run the gamut from funny to poignant to heartbreaking, but all of them convey an aspect of the beauty of WOMAN. There’s also a Kindle Fire to be won (details in the link at the top of the post).

Happy reading!
Jenny

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About Jenny Hansen

By day, Jenny provides training and social media marketing for an accounting firm. By night she writes humor, memoir, women’s fiction and short stories. After 15 years as a corporate software trainer, she’s delighted to sit down while she works.

When she’s not at her personal blog, More Cowbell, Jenny can be found on Twitter at or at Writers In The Storm. Jenny also writes the Risky Baby Business posts at More Cowbell, a series that focuses on babies, new parents and high-risk pregnancy.

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