I Love Myself For...

I should love myself all the time by staying healthy, being gentle, and being kind. I probably don't do this as I should. But sometimes, I do something that affects my near-future self, and I'm amazed. Here are some examples.

I love myself for

• Spreading tiny heart-shaped confetti in a future journal. I just found it, having forgotten all about it.
• Writing down where and how I got a journal, especially when it was a gift or I bought it while traveling.
• Putting a new box of Puffs on my nightstand.
• Placing my Cinderella doll at eye level on the bookshelf by my bed.
• Collecting great pens when I'm able.
• Reading some 560 books so far (not counting adolescent series). I'm sure they have shaped and changed me.
• Building a great relationship with my mom. 
• Going on a Friday breakfast date with Josh.
• Every poem and story I've written. Each one of them means progress.
• Ending up with Josh. 
• Getting season theatre tickets--I always have a show to look forward to.
• Getting specialists and therapists on Oliver's health team.
• Breastfeeding for 13 months.
• Taking my meds.
• Going to therapy regularly.
• Restarting and keeping up with my blogs.