Happy St Jude’s day to you all!
Today I registered for spring classes here at DCCC, and I am over the moon about how much I love school and how good it feels to flex in this way. I am killin it. I am writing all the time. I am taking good care of myself and my kid. My home is feeling warmer and more whimsical by the day. The kiddo is holding it down in 7th grade and is doing their absolute best impersonation of a fully fledged teenager. It’s a marvel to behold.
Friends, here I am on the other side of one of the longest, hardest, most extreme chapters of my life. I made it. And I am good. Great even. I have a lot of big feelings, and that does not always look pretty. It’s quite messy, actually. Though I no longer harbor unkind self-criticism or shame over that—at least not when I can help it. I still have so much to work out of my body and my nervous system, but it’s coming slowly but surely. And while I am at it, I am, overall, happy, healin, and ready to get on with my life. Just don’t be surprised if I seem a little extra right now.
Hey, look at us, will you? There have been so many times over the past 7 years when things have seemed dim if not entirely dark. But each one of us has made it to today. Nothing was hopeless after all. And in the moments where things couldn’t be fixed or saved, we have each found the courage and fortitude to carry on, and if we are very lucky, the grace to accept.
I am so impressed with us. I can’t wait to see what the next 7 years have in store. Bring it, Universe!
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