I’ve noticed everybody looks OKAY lately until you have a deep conversation with them. and then, you’ll realize that this is a sad generation of people struggling to survive through smiling faces and pretty pictures.
I take friendship so serious. I do not play that frenemy sht and I don’t play that saying how I really feel once I’m upset sht. That’s dweeb behavior and very much gives you need a battery in your back to speak up.
my biggest flex is my emotional intelligence. through hurt, disappointment, conflict, grievance, etc. my character remains the same. i will never go against my values out of anger.
Reality is some people just don’t align & this was my last year letting my empathy for people keep me attached to what my discernment already rejected.
Your daughter just got her first period.
Do not tell her she is a woman now.
Tell her what estrogen does.
Tell her what progesterone does.
Tell her her cycle has four phases and each one will feel different.
Give her information. Not a new identity.
I think one of the greatest signs a woman's nervous system is healing is that she starts becoming interested in life again. Not in optimizing it. Not in fixing herself. In living it. She wants to host dinner parties, buy fresh flowers, learn pottery, stay out dancing, read novels, flirt with the barista, and wander bookstores for no reason other than it feels good to be alive.
Some people in your life have never seen you at your full capacity. They met you in a hard season, a transitional moment, a version of you still being built. Do not let their limited experience of you become your ceiling. You are more than the chapter they witnessed.