Any time I lived through a difficult or painful situation and came out okay on the other side, I can tell myself that it can happen again. I can use the history of times I survived the bad thing, or when a situation turned around for the better, as proof that it can happen again.

Closure, if ever a real thing, is elusive in a situation that is capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways, or when a situation is difficult to discern or categorize.

Yes, you were hurt there. Yes, that was scary and made you feel different from all the other girls. But yes, you were then, and you are now, so loveable and worthy of letting go of this pain.

Honor whatever it is you have lost by allowing for the bittersweet, and your brain will create new meaning for those anniversaries.

I know He will do great things through me because my prayer, desire in my heart, is to be, my life to be, PROOF of God.

Please put one foot on the floor, and follow with a few steps. You do not have to WANT to do it, you do not have to FEEL like it, you just have to give it a chance.

We can do the hard things, become who we want to be, and make a huge difference in this world.