Unfiltered

When someone shows you who they are, believe them.”

Sometimes we need to experience what we don’t like in order to know what we do like

I’m not getting any younger, and the sooner I accept my story for all that it is, and let go of the shame, regrets, and fear surrounding my experiences, the sooner I can just live, love, and be loved.

It’s not just in the act of telling stories that we see their greatest impact. It’s in the aftermath, in the conversations they promote and inspire.

It’s what being alive is all about: going through similar things, sharing familiar experiences, and feeling the same feelings. We’re all human. We all want to feel part of something greater.

I valued myself in a way that meant not compromising my health for someone else. And that isn’t selfish or something to feel guilty about. It’s smart.

Letting go doesn’t have to be such a scary thing. In fact, it’s when some of life’s most beautiful, magical moments happen.

As daughters, we fight our way through adulthood trying to stay our dads’ perfect little girls forever, but we also need to break out of that mold and do our own thing.

I can’t look to someone else to be my everything or rely on them to make me feel whole. I am whole just as I am.

But I will never need anyone to complete me. I am enough on my own.