I am a woman.

I am an attorney and a board member on a local charity.

I am a New Orleanian.

I am a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, a niece, an aunt.

I am a knitter, a reader, a gardener.

I am a drinker. I am not an alcoholic.

I am not a mommy blogger.

I am not an activist or a feminist or any other -ist of which I know.

I am not in a profession, nor even a field, dominated by women.

I am not a political junkie and tend to fall in between the tenets of the Democrats and Republicans but consider myself liberal.

I am not upset when men do not hold doors open for me but find it charming when they do. I say thank you to the men that do every time.

You select which boxes you wish to define me by. I am some of these things to some people and none of these things to others.

It’s just who I am. I’m Nola.