Today is a BIG day in many ways. First of all, two years ago on 10/6/24, I published my first blog post (give it a read). This blog came to life as a bit of my own therapy with the hopes of helping others in their life journey too. Second, my website is going live for my first published book – the Morning Apology. EEK!
So today is a day to celebrate!
My message to you on this amazing fall day in the beginning of October – you are capable of ANYTHING! This book has been in the making for about 5 years. Writing, re-writing, second guessing, excitement, roadblock after roadblock. No joke, my formatter quit on me when she wasn’t done. I learned many lessons along the way and, as I always say, it all came together in divine timing. Actually, I believe that was the title of my last blog entry – ironic!
Let’s get back to the ‘you are capable of anything statement’. I know these are big words, but Eminem says it best at the end of his song ‘Lose Yourself’…’you can do anything you set your mind to man’. I truly believe that. It takes effort, drive, desire, a whole lotta emotion and an immeasurable amount of patience. I mention this in my book, it is also imperative WHO you surround yourself with. Surround yourself with positive forward-moving people, it makes an incredible difference.
One of my ‘words of the year’ is permission. My second message to you is, and I say this over and over, give yourself permission to be proud of yourself. It’s easy to say, not easy to do. Say it with me, OUT LOUD – I am Proud of Myself. It could be that you actually woke up when your alarm went off, you ate healthy today, you talked to yourself in a positive way, you ran a half marathon, you got dressed today, you wrote a book. No matter what you are proud of yourself for – permission to BE Proud of YOU! You matter and you are a gift to this world, please start treating yourself like one.
Thank you for your support in this journey and for sharing your stories with me – I never want anyone to feel they are alone. This life thing can be tough and there are SO many phases and chapters – you too can find peace. I encourage you to please check out my book website at https://themorningapology.com/. Please check out The Walls and share a piece of yourself – your words could mean the world to someone else, and help in your healing journey too. I am on a continual healing journey and it’s pretty awesome to learn from others, we are gifts to each other.
Go do brave things and challenge yourself a bit. Go buy yourself some flowers (or have a very thoughtful boyfriend that plants your favorite flowers in your front yard). As always, thank you for being on this journey with me – together we can make a difference in our own lives and in the lives of others. Cheers!
P.S. In keeping with the authenticity of my book, I went live on Facebook this morning to talk about my website being live. I typically record videos to post, going live is a whole different ball game. I went down to the water and relished in this big accomplishment. The book is backwards and cut off, but boy can I feel the joy in this photo. Posting here to commemorate.
