When we found out that I was pregnant I was terrified.

I had been through three miscarriages last year, and I was done.
I had given up, and felt so broken.
I felt a pain deep within my soul that I felt couldn't be healed.

I figured the endometriosis had done it's damage, and taken my ability to carry another baby.
And by doctors evaluations, I probably wouldn't be able to carry another.
So when we started trying last year, we were going off faith + hope.
But after the last miscarriage, I felt my body was rejecting me.
I felt that I was being punished.
I was at my absolute lowest.

Then one day, I just stopped.
I stopped feeling guilty.
I stopped hating my body for how it was created.
I stopped tormenting myself for having these feelings.
And I started loving myself.
I started focusing on the things I could control, and let go of what I couldn't.
I started feeling more grateful for the life I have, and the people I have in it.
Especially for the beautiful child we had already created.

Then one night, a few months after the last miscarriage, I started feeling sickish.
I had an inkling that I might be pregnant, but I was too scared to really test it.
But Keagan so cutely had snuck to the store to get me medicine + treats.
And also, a pregnancy test.
He told me to just test, and see, and whatever happened, we would go through it together.

So I went into the bathroom, and sat on the floor while waiting for the results.
Keagan quietly crept in and sat beside me, and grabbed the test off the counter.
He handed it to me without looking, and told me to tell him what it said.

The test was positive.
We bursted into tears, and just held onto each other on the floor of the bathroom.
It was such a beautiful sight. But also a terrifying one.
Would this baby make it? Would my body be strong + healthy enough to hold onto it?
And after we reached the 16 week mark, we finally started to let go of the fears.

At 32 weeks, we decided to find out if we were having a boy or a girl.
We asked Renner in the beginning if he thought he was going to have a brother or sister.
He immediately said, "s i s t e r".

I should also point out that at ultrasound sesh, my mom +ren 

both shouted they were right after we found out we were having a girl.

But to be honest, I was terrified when we found out that I was pregnant with a girl.
I always just figured I would be a mama to boys.
I had this idea in my head that I would be an awesome mom to boys, and a crappy one to girls.
It's a stupid thing, I know.
But as soon as that baby girl was placed into my arms, every single worry vanished.

I started going into labor on her actual due date, July 21, but she popped out a few days later.
I mean, she is my daughter. Gotta make an entrance when she's ready. Not when everyone else is.

It was a bit different this time around.
With Ren I was induced.
It was hard + fast.
But with Luna Jo it slowly progressed + wasn't unbearable in the beginning.

Labor started around Friday night. Small contractions with the bloody show.
Nothing super intense. But Saturday is when it started getting rougher.
My doctor was on vacation until Sunday, so I wanted to try and push it until then, but not
really knowing anything about what happens when going into labor naturally I got a bit worried.
So we packed a couple bags, and Keagan + I went to Labor + Delivery while my Mama stayed home
with Ren Ren and played.

The nurses in L&D are always amazing at the hospital we delivered in.
We were so lucky with the nurses we got with Ren, and I was praying we got amazing ones
with Luna Jo as well. We weren't disappointed. Unfortunately, the doctor we got on call
wasn't the greatest. He works at the same clinic as my doctor, so I knew of him, and was
super sad when I learned he was the one there that day. He came in and was abrupt, and not
very kind. He learned of my medical history, and ridiculed me for being on pain medication
for my endo during pregnancy, and then said I wasn't in actual labor and to go home.

g r e e e e a t. 

So that night I slept on our recliner and watched Bones + How I Met Your Mother all night,

while struggling with contractions getting more intense by the minute.

At 11AM that next Sunday morning, I told Keagan + my Mama that we needed 

to go to the ER because I was in labor. 

Luckily we were still all packed up from yesterday,
so we through everything back into the car, and took off.

We literally live like 2 blocks away from the hospital so my mom
dropped us off, and told us that when it was time to start pushing
to call her and she'll come back.

Once we got up into L&D we found out that my doctor was on call,
and I almost started crying on the spot.
I felt like the stars were aligning.

My mom had to go home on Wednesday morning.
So when I went into labor only a couple days after her original due date,
I was so freaking happy. Heavenly Father had heard my prayers, and pleads.
We were a little worried that Luna-Jo's due date might be in August just because
she was measuring so small. But dis mama knew.
Mostly because she was an anniversary baby. So like I said. Mama knew.

So finally, they got me dressed in the glorious hospital gown,
and got me in the bed with those cozy warm hospital blankets.

When my doctor finally came in to see me we found out that I was just
over 4 1/2 CM dilated, and they weren't going to send me home.

They talked me into going into the shower, and I literally stayed there for over
half an hour with Keags spraying the hot water onto my back. It was amazing.

Bless his sexy, beautiful, perfect soul.

Then I sat on the bouncy ball and bounced while he read me
funny stories + put on Community for me.

And after I couldn't take the bouncing anymore, we decided to go walking around
the L&D Ward + heard all those beautiful screams from other mama's in labor.
I couldn't handle the back pain anymore after about 45 minutes of walking around.
I complained to the nurse, and sure enough, we found out that Luna was sunny side up. 

Her knees + legs were against my stomach wall, instead of her back.
And the back pain was getting more and more intense with each contraction.

About a couple hours later, my doctor came back in and checked me.
I was at about 5 1/2 CM, and was struggling with the contractions.
At about 2 PM we decided to break my water and get things moving. 

This time was a lot more painful than when she broke water with Ren.

Then tears started flowing and my teeth were clinched + then came the 

overwhelming tightening of my stomach. 

+ now enter in stage two of labor
And a whole lot of freaking laughing gas.

Contractions started coming harder and faster.

They felt different from my first labor process.

Ren's contractions felt unnatural, + harsh from the induction.

Luna's felt deeper, + uninhibited from coming on naturally.

I wanted to try and do this without an epidural this time around.

I watched Community, and laughed through the pain + tears with Keags holding my

hand through every contraction. 

I breathed deeper than I ever had in my entire life. 

That laughing gas was a saving grace during those unbearable moments.

Then finally at about 6 CM I reached my breaking point. 

I told Keagan after a really hard contraction, 

"You know what. Screw this. I'm in pain every single day of my life.

And I want to remember my babies births pain free."

About a half an hour later, and the anesnteiologist came and gave me the run down.
Told him I knew the risks, and to strap me the hell up.
From there it was similar to Renner's birth.
Numbness from the mid-abdomen down.
But I could feel the pressure this time telling me when I was having a contraction.
For that I was grateful.
And I slept for an hour to gain my strength for the pushing.

I still couldn't move my legs - just like with Ren's birth.
So when they tried to get her to rotate, and to see if she would move from her
posterior position, the nurse + keagan had to physically lift my legs and turn my hips
to get me to have this peanut shaped balloon between my legs for an hour.

It was f a n t a s t i c. 

She never moved.

sarcasm at its finest

Then finally, I started to feel it.
That pressure on the lower half of my body telling me to push.
I looked to Keagan and told him to tell my Mom to get here.

NOW.

The nurse came in to check, and sure enough, I was at 10 CM ready to start pushing.
I told Keagan to text my Mom to hurry.

She had to be there for the birth of this babe. 

My last babe. 

My rainbow babe.

My doctor came in, and sat down to check everything.
She knew how important it was for my mom to be there, and was so unbelievably sweet about it.

Have I mentioned how much I love my doctor?

Because she is an amazing woman.

She said to give a push to see how things progress, and sure enough, Luna's head was right there.
My doctor was so kind about it though.
She told me that we could spread out the pushes since I wasn't in pain,
and she wasn't in any distress.

I pushed a total of five times in 15 minutes.
And on the 6th push, my mom burst through the door, and in that same moment, Luna-Jo was born.
The saying "perfect timing" was the epitome of this moment.

Six beautiful, peaceful pushes, and my precious baby girl was brought into this world.

They placed her on my chest.
And the entire world just stopped.
I no longer focused on the doctors finishing the delivery + taking my placenta out.
Or on the countless nurses checking on me + asking me a million questions.
Or my beautiful mama talking a million photos.

All I saw was h e r.
She became my rainbow that burst through the dark skies.

And every single worry or terrified feeling of 

having a daughter was washed away.

I felt brave, and empowered. 

I felt honored to have been given this 

moment to raise this perfect creature.

I just felt complete peace.

When the nurse placed Luna on my chest, and was giving her a little look over,

I heard her say,

"I think this baby was born with teeth!"

That was definitely an unexpected surprise.

But she totally did discovered that she was born with two tiny teeth on her bottom gums.

I laughed, and said,

"No haha. No, she doesn't. No way."

But she did indeed have teeth.

Which made nursing difficult.

She wanted to nurse so bad, and had an amazing latch.

But she would bite + bite, and then finally my milk would let down.

And then my tears would start flowing because of the pain.

The next day my Mama brought in Renner to come to meet her.

He had been so unbelievably excited to meet his baby sister.

But when it came time to actually meeting her, he was super hesitant.

My mom asked him if he was afraid of her, and he whispered,

"No. I'm just afraid I'm going to hurt her."

Ren meeting Luna was honestly was the sweetest thing I've ever experienced.

And one that will forever be engrained in my heart + mind.

I've never seen him more reverent. 

And once he finally held her, it was like he was experiencing what I had the first time I held her.

His world stopped, and all he could see was her.

He fell in complete love with her. 

She was born on Sunday night, and we were finally released on Wednesday morning.

And while her birthing process might have been a lot easier than Renner's was.

The after portion at the hospital was rough. It was a long, emotional stay. 

One that was filled with a lot of guilt + pain.

They were keeping a close eye on her to make sure she was doing okay, and not withdrawing 

from the medication I had to take while I was pregnant with her.

She was perfectly healthy + was totally fine. I was super emotional, and upset with her 

pediatrician because he was making me feel like I was a lesser person for needing the pain 

medication while pregnant. But I calmly explained how it was either that, 

or hospitalization for the last trimester - like it was with Renner.

I found my doctor while trying to talk to one of the nurses and bawled my eyes out to her.

Told her everything that had been happening, and how some of the nurses 

and the pediatrician weren't the kindest to me. 

And to say she raged against them all is putting it lightly.

She demanded we be released immediately.

She has been in my life since Ren was born, 

and knows my painful journey with e n d o.

My story about how she has helped me, 

and loved me through all the crap end has to offer, 

and helped deliver Ren Ren h e r e.

I don't know why I was so scared of raising a daughter.

Maybe it was fear that I would screw her up.

Fear I couldn't protect her from the dark things in this world.

Fear karma would come back and bite me in the ass.

Fear she would go through the things I did.

But then I realized everything I went through made me who I am today.

And dammit, I actually like who I am now.

Regardless of what happens in her life, I've made it my goal to help her love herself, 

no matter what.

My mom was an amazing mama to me.

Plus I was even more blessed to have my sister + sister in law raising, + guiding me along with her.

And if I am even half the woman that those three are, I think I'll these kids I got will be aight.

NUMBERS

FOUR.

the number of chocolate chip muffins i've eaten today

THREE.

the number of hours i slept last night

TWO. 

the number of days i've worn makeup this week

SEVEN.

the number of times i've sat down and got back up in the last 5 minutes

TWENTY.

the number of times i've dreamt about waterton today

FIVE.

the number of times i've washed + rewashed the clothes in the washer because i've forgotten about them

SIX.

the number of times i've watched Dante's Peak in the last 2 days

ONE.

the number of dates i am desperate to go on with the man

ONE HUNDRED.

the number of iced pumpkin spiced lattes i plan to have this fall/winter

FAVORITE PRODUCTS | Maybelline

Hiiiii guys! I know it has been a hot minute since I've talked to y'all through my blog space, so I figured why not hit the refresh button from last year, and start off this year with a light post, and share some of my favorite makeup products from one of my favorite drugstore brands! Now these products are all obviously from one brand - Maybelline - and it is one of my ALL TIME favorite drugstore brands. It's the first makeup brand I ever used, and I can remember being about 7 years old, sneaking into my Grandma's bathroom, and grabbing that iconic green + pink tube of mascara off the counter. I just remember feeling so unbelievably happy with hearing that pop as soon as you open a tube of mascara. You know what I'm talkin' about. *insert slight smiley faced emoji here

Of course, it ended up all over my eyes, and inside them a lil bit, but I fell in love with it instantly, even if I wasn't very crafty with my hiding my makeup skills from my Grandma or Mom.

But I can remember finally turning 10, and walking into Rite Aid with my Mama, and her taking me into the beauty aisle, and her allowing me to buy my own tube of mascara. She mostly gave in because I kept stealing hers and losing it all the time - ha, whoops, but I mean it worked out for dis chick soooo.

Now, 15 years later, and Maybelline is still my top brand. Hell, I'll say it - I even tend to go towards it over more of the higher end brands. Now don't get me wrong, there are TONS of other drugstore brands/products that I absolutely love, and are my ride or dies - Maybelline is just the one brand I lean towards the most, and have a special love for.

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MASTER CONTOUR |
Shade: Light/Medium

This one was a new find for me. I started using it a couple months back and I really do love it. The contour powder is on the cool side which I like because I am super fair, and I find that if I use more warm shades it can turn out to make me look a bit orange. That ain't cute. The blush I find is a bit on the pinky side, but it's not an overbearingly pink shade. It's more of a pretty pink. The highlight on it is definitely on the more natural side, which is super beautiful, and nice when you are going for that look. I mostly wear the highlight + blush shade when I am just doing basic/natural makeup look, and I want a more luminous look with some color to my cheeks, but the contour shade I use frequently.



LASTING DRAMA WATERPROOF GEL PENCIL LINER |
Shades: Multiple Different Options
(Ones I own are - Sleek Onyx + Soft Nude)

These are just beautiful pencil liners. I love them because they don't transfer which is amazingggg! Especially, when I am putting the black one just on the top waterline, and the nude one on the bottom, and it stays where it's suppose to. It's bomb guys.



THE FALSIES FLARED |
Shade: Very Black in Waterproof

This mascara is definitely in my top five of favorite mascaras. I love it because it has the little tiny fibres that lengthen your eyelashes, and make them appear thicker and fuller. Which is definitely something that this mama NEEDS in a mascara.



FIT ME POWDER MATTE + PORELESS |
Shade: 110-120

I dig this powder when I'm going for a full glam / full coverage / full cover this isssh up look. It's a beautiful powder that doesn't cake up on my face at all which is nice. My favorite way to apply it is with a damp beauty blender, or with a bigger fluffy brush (ex. Real Techniques - Powder Brush). I usually use the lighter shade for under my eyes, sides + bridge of my nose, and chin, and then the light/medium shade for all over my face. It just sets in so flawlessly, and doesn't settle into my fine lines or pores. It's a beautiful product.



MASTER PRIMER + BABY SKIN |
Shade: Blur + Illuminate

These primers are so beautiful! The Baby Skin I mostly use in just my T-Zone area - nose, forehead, chin, etc - and then I use the Master Primer for all over. It truly does what it says it does - blur + illuminate. It gives this very subtle glow, while also blurring out the pores and texture. LOVE.



MASTER CONCEAL |
Shade: Light

This concealer - ohhh my gosh. Can we just take a moment for how truly magnificent this concealer truly is? Like, I can't even begin to describe my love for this product. It is so flawless and beautiful, and just melts into your skin with the most flawless finish. I love it completely. It doesn't crease on me - which is a miracle in itself. But seriously y'all, it conceals up my struggles like a true homie would. She ain't no snitch, and has my back through and through. I apply it using a damp beauty blender wherever I need it the most - so under my eyes, nose, chin, forehead, + texture areas, and then I use setting powder after it's all blended.



COLOR SENSATIONAL LIP COLOR |
Top Fave Shades: Gone Griege, Lust for Blush, Touch of Spice, Espresso Exposed, Honey Pink, Brown Blush, Warm Me Up

These lipsticks are some of my favorite formula as far as drugstore lipsticks are concerned. They are pigmented, creamy, and are just beautiful. Their color range is pretty amazing too. My top fave is Gone Griege. Ugh, it just speaks to me on another level y'all.

Now, I will add in a little side note - they do also have their Vivid Matte Liquid Lipsticks which are also pretty amazing too. My favorite shade from that collection is the Nude Flush.



BROW PRECISE MICRO PENCIL |
Shade: Soft Brown

I was pretty pumped when I saw that they came out with a micro brow pencil. I love micro pencils for doing my eyebrows. They are my favorite! But I do love how easy this applies to my brows, and how natural I can make them look. I can get super precise with my strokes so I can give the empty spaces in my brows the appearance of having actual hairs there. The spooly is very important to me when it comes to a brow pencil because well, that's a huge part of getting it all blended and making it look like your natural brow, and this spooly is booomb! I always say that spooly's get better the more you use them, aka. the more product that build into them, because to me it just adds that lil extra to help blend everything that much easier, and faster.



EYESTUDIO GEL LINER WATERPROOF |
Shade: Blackest Black

Imma just say this real quick - put this on the record - this is the BEST gel liner in my personal opinny. Seriously, it is. I've used sooo many different smudge pots in my few years of doing/wearing makeup, and nothing can compare to this. And y'all can either try and clapback to that or approve, but I will forever be loyal to my Maybelline gel liner pot. It honestly gives me the blackest liner imaginable, and helps me create that perfect wing EVERY. DAMN. TIME. It doesn't flake away, or dull throughout the day. It literally just stays black all day long, and doesn't smudge. I don't necessarily enjoy the brush that it comes with, but I do like it for when I use this on my waterline. But I use just an angled brush, any angled brush will give you that fierce wing (ex. Sephora Pro Angled Brush #22)



FIT ME LIQUID FOUNDATION |
Shades: Matte + Poreless in 115 & Hydrate + Smooth in 125

Now the Hydrate + Smooth use to be Dewy + Smooth, but they just changed the name, and I am 100% okay with that. Either way, I love both of these foundations separately so incredibly much, but when I mix them together it's like this beautiful, flawless, perfecting concoction that I LOVE completely. These hands down are my favorite Maybelline product. I am constantly reaching for these foundations when I am doing my makeup, and they have never disappointed me. They give me that flawless, airbrush like finish. It's nice because the Matte + Poreless one does mattify your skin, but it's not a drying foundation. Meaning that it doesn't cling to your dry areas which is nice for my skin because I am definitely on the dry side. The reason I mix them together is so I get the mattifying and extra coverage from the one, and also the luminosity from the other. But both of them are just amazing, and when their powers combined.. well, you know.



Now I want to know what YOUR favorite Maybelline products are, or what your favorite go to Drugstore brand is! Tell me all your deeets, and what products you think I have to try out!

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LOVE YO-SELF

Today has been a hard day. I was contemplating whether or not to share this story with y'all, but I just felt that I needed too. This moment has been a crucial part of my own inner worth. I hope it will help you as well. 

I had a lot of errands to run with the kid today. We first had to drop Keagan off at work, so we could have the vehicle to go to my doctors to get a refill on my prescriptions. Long story short, I have been doing my immigration for much too long, and I had been told my Alberta Health Care (AHC) was on. Well, when I got to my doctors, turns out, I was told wrong, and I had to end up paying for my doctors appointment. Very frustrating, but okay. 

Then we wait to see the doctor for about 20 minutes. By then it was 10:45 AM.

We hadn't had breakfast yet, because I didn't realize that it would take 4 hours for everything to be done. 

(Kid + No Food = HELL)

Finally, we get called into the doctors office.

He then tells me that I actually still have a refill on my medicine, UGH, 

even though my prescription bottle said "0 Refills", and so did the pharmacy.

My doctor said, "nope they are dumb, blah blah blah. You just wasted your time, and money." 

Just kidding, he didn't actually say that. But he might as well have.

Faaaan-freakin-tastic. 

11:10 AM : Next, we go over to the pharmacy. She tells me that it will probably be half an hour or so, and I can sit and wait or they'll call me when it's done. Meh. Ren seemed to be doing good, and I figured I could bribe him with a Kinder Egg, and games on mah phone, then when it's done we'll go home, and EAT.

"It shouldn't take too long" my mind was saying to me, "Just stay and wait. It will take more effort to go to the car, strap the kid in, drive home,go into the house, then he'll want to nap, and then we'd have to repeat everything.. and meh. We'll just stay". 

Worst. Mistake. Ever. 

Why you gotta play me like that mind? WHY?!

Now, Renner wasn't at his complete worst. But he wasn't his best either. 

The kid was hungry and sleepy y'all! What kid wouldn't be a bit grouchy. Even I was a little hangry. 

So he cried off and on. Ran around aisles while I browsed them. 45 minutes goes by, and I've almost reached my level. I went up and asked them how much longer it will be, and they said it'd be done soon, so I figured we'd already waited this long. 5 more minutes won't be that much harder. 

So I picked up Ren, so he could snuggle with me, while I browsed some more. Then I noticed this very beautiful, very, well, posh (for lack of a better word) woman, or as I now refer to her as Dragon Lady, walk around the corner.

I go to move out of her way, but she stops directly in front of me and says these words I will never forget. 

"So, are you going to even try to control your kid to seem like a half decent parent? Or are you just going to let him continue to act like this?" / Gesturing to Renner softly crying on my shoulder. 

I honestly was to stunned to say anything, so all I said back to her was, 

"Um. Excuse me?" 

She then went to say, "I've been in this store for half an hour, and during half that time all I've heard was your son, screaming and crying, and acting completely unbelievable. Like honestly, do you feel good about yourself when he does that? Because I couldn't imagine you would." 

I then finally gain some courage back after facing literal shock for someone speaking to me that way. 

In public. 

In front of people walking by. 

And loud enough for others to hear aisles over. 

"Well, I'm sorry if he was a disturbance to you, but it is not appropriate 

for you to just call me out like that. You don't know me.."

"Nor do I care too. I just don't understand how you can condone his behavior. Well, not that you really look like you would care enough about anything from how you're looking today."

"I'm sorry. You said what now?"

"You know I just don't understand parents these days. Letting their children run around, screaming and such. Unbelievable."

"Okay, well I don't appreciate you calling me a bad mother. Nor disrespecting my child, or how I parent him."

"If you are feeling like you are a bad mother then that is on you."

"Well, I would hope that you could show at least some compassion to

 a mother trying to wrangle a 3 year old while waiting on her prescriptions."

"I honestly don't have the time to sit here and carry a full conversation out about what bad parenting is. I just figured I would let you know how disruptive your child was behaving."

Then as quickly as she came, she left. 

Stunned is pretty much the only word I could describe how I was feeling.

Shame. Horrified. Embarrassed. The adjectives could never cease! 

She said a lot more hurtful things that truly cut deep. Things that I have been deeply struggling with. 

That anyone who has every parented a 3 year old before has gone through. 

Raising a child is hard. Straight up.

There is no rule book, or guide line to help you through every single step of raising this tiny human being.

And when someone, especially someone I don't know, can see through me, and cut my guilt a little bit deeper.

It resonates. It hurts. And it sucks. 

But then the cutest lady walked over to me. 

She saw me in tears, and reached out to hug me.

She whispered to me,

"Don't let the harsh words of a stranger, make you feel lesser of a mother. I know first hand the difficulties of being a parent. A single one at that. You can do what you can, and if people look down on you for it, that is their problem. Not yours. That boy loves you. You are his mama. And no one can take that away from you. Stay strong, beautiful."

I cried. Harder from her sweet words, than the harsh ones that were spoken minutes before that.

It made me remember who I am. Who I truly am inside. 

And that it's okay to not have everything together, 24/7! 

It's okay to leave your home with some stains on your favorite pair of comfy pants. 

And to have your hair thrown up in a half messy bun.

It's okay to not notice that your child's pants were just a bit too short on him.

It's okay to grab the pair of flats that have chipped away the cute blush color on them because they are your absolute fave, and you refuse to retire them.

It's okay to cry in the middle of Shoppers, because a lady ripped your soul apart.

And because another lady helped repair it.

And it's okay to walk out, after all of that struggle, even after waiting an hour for your prescription to be done, and not bother grabbing it.

In the end, the angry woman did teach me something.
She taught me to love myself.
Strange right?
You guys are probably thinking, giiiiirl you cray cray!
You shoulda back handed her and slashed her tires!

But nah, foreal.
She showed me the darkest part of where my mind could go, if I let it.
But I couldn't handle that feeling.
Been there before, and I REFUSED to go back.

Renner could even feel the darkness of my aura.
I felt dirty. Wrong. And just feeling sick.
He began to cry even more than before.
He was just as off as I was.


Then, I unshackled that part, and gave into a new one.
Love.
I loved myself too much to let that crap consume me.
I broke free from it. And I instantly felt so much better.
I still have a long jounery ahead toward complete self acceptance.
But I made a huge jump today towards it.

Now, I'm not perfect.
I get angry too quickly. 

My house is always a mess. 

There is always something on our kitchen table. 

Toys spew across the floor. 

The never ending laundry that is growing at the foot of my bed.
ETC.

But I know what is perfect.
And that is the love I have for my family. 

For my husband.

For our child.
For my in laws.
For our amazing friends.

The one thing I know about this world, and its sad, but people will hurt you for being you.

They will hurt you for being someone else.
They will hurt you if you make a mistake.

The only thing you can do, is love yourself, and keep moving forward.

And that's exactly what I intend to keep doing! 

And to all my peeps needing a little self lovin themselves, or are just having a hard time.

I challenge you to post your favorite picture of yourself, quote, landscape, WHATEVER. 

Anything that makes you feel loved inside.

Then tag it with /  #LOVEYOSELF

Everyone is worth being loved, and receiving love.

& Yes. Even dragon lady.