My Final post

Hello all,

I fear this may be my last post. The other night, I was visited in a dream by Aphrodite, who gave me a golden egg. She explained to me that I have a choice. A choice to go home or to stay in this modern time. I love so many things about this time and place. I love all the people I have met. I adore the strides the feminist movement makes and continues to make. I love all the things I have been able to learn and grow from. But I have been becoming increasingly homesick. I miss my family so deeply. I miss my friends and my sisters most of all. I miss my home. While at first I was marveled by the tall, beautiful metal structures and the metal horses that are abundant in New York, I miss the trees, the clear ocean, and the feeling of my feet touching the soil. I miss the quiet. I have learned so much on this journey. I have learned the power women can wield when they work together and know that life can be better. In ancient Greece, information was not readily available like it is here. But maybe I can become a beacon of hope. I wish to go home and share the knowledge I have gained. How it is more than possible to be treated equally to men if we just make our voices heard. I want nothing more than to progress history just a little faster. Maybe by going home, I will make it easier for people of this time to achieve the progress they deserve. Maybe my name will be taught in history books (or computers) across the world! I am not sure, and it is a dangerous idea. Going back and spreading my findings could easily lead to exile or even execution. But I must try. For my sisters, for Thea, and for women around the world now and in the past. Aphrodite told me that this was not a punishment as I had originally thought, but a blessing. She recognized my strength and saw in me what she prides herself on. She is a goddess of fertility. A goddess of the creation of life. Yet even in modern times, she is looked down upon and not recognized for her strength and power. She wished to find a disciple who could change the trajectory of how women are treated in this world and time. Ancient Greece is riddled with misogyny. And that way of life prevailed and spread. But while some of the Gods uphold this way of life, many fight against it, yet their stories are untold. Artemis shows that women can be free, Demeter demonstrates how women should protect one another, and Europa finds love. The stories of these goddesses have been misinterpreted for centuries. But I will go home and explain the importance of femininity in a way my people can digest. Aphrodite says all I have to do is swallow the golden egg. I hope you all had fun on this journey with me. I will now say my last goodbyes.

Goodbye, my lovely readers.

Europa of Corinth