american dream

How did I get this far, I often ask myself. I didn't deserve any of it. It seems like it all happened to me, though I know I made some decisions and took some small risks. Mostly, I was lucky -- lucky to be born in a wealthy country at a time when women were gaining public agency; to grow up in a functioning family, to have intelligent parents, to be white and able-bodied. To find some use for my attentiveness and introspection. To develop a belief system.