Five qualities of real women

Women's Day on Friday made me reflect on five key qualities of real women that I hope those aspiring to be real will find inspiring:

She's a real woman

1. It has been said that the quickest way to a man's heart is through his belly. It's true. A real woman knows how to whip up a fantastic meal anytime any day. No disrespect but how can you even call yourself a woman if you cannot cook? You might be able to bring the roof down in the bedroom but your man needs to be sure of your magic in the kitchen as well because cooking is an important homemaking ingredient that you ignore at your own peril.
2. Real women are confident in their skins. They don't have to visit the facial mall and beauty parlor to turn heads. Their magnetic power is in the self-assurance that they are born beautiful. Besides, beauty is fleeting, so they bring integrity and substance to everything they do without losing humility. Winnie Byanyima and Jennifer Musisi remind me of such women. 
3. Real women have maximum respect for their bodies. They don't just open their legs for money, marks, jobs or promotions. And they don't trick men into marrying them by getting pregnant. They have so much self respect for that. Thus they attract the best men, and have no need of splashing acid in the faces of their perceived competitors because they know how to keep satisfactory smiles in the hearts of their men.
4. The life of a real woman does not come to a screeching halt because she has lost a job or her man has left. She is so enterprising that the closing of one door means the opening of another. In this category are prayer warriors that raise powerful generations. Uganda's Dubai-based chemist Prof. John Lubega once told me that his mother prayed and blessed him every morning from the day he was born to the day she died. This was the case with St. Augustine and Dr. Ben Carson. Real women bring out the best in their men and children.
5. Finally, real women bring out the best meaning in the saying that cleanliness is next to godliness. That's why God even gave them menstrual periods. They can handle it! But imagine a woman whose home smells with dirty dishes. No, she's not busy; she's just lazy, dirty and foolish. A real woman is clean and fresh like a rose 24/7!

So ask yourself: are you a real woman? You might want to peep at Proverbs 31 for what it means to be not just real but phenomenal women!!!