30 days of self-love: a gathering

Tonight I’m honoring all the women I used to be, the girls I used to be. I close my eyes and I sit with all of them. All of the moments I can remember, I let them come to me, as I was, and I gather them close. I hold them with such love in my mind’s eye, none of them is a mistake or a mess or a burden. No judgment, they are all enough just as they are.

“I am so proud of all of you. I am forever grateful to you. You have showed me the way to this moment.” It’s important to say it out loud. I feel my chest constrict and I take a deep inhale in through my nose.

I breathe out. A truth. I realize I am the woman they had hoped to be.