I'm trying to be in the moment and really enjoy my pregnancy. I feel really lucky.

Hard times make you bitter or make you more compassionate.

I try to give myself permission to be a work-in-progress and not have everything figured out at once. It's more manageable and takes some of the pressure off of feeling like I have to have everything right all the time.

Self love is a great recurring theme, the headwaters that feed my ability to be the best version of myself in every other aspect of my life. Self worth sets the standard that life meets.

I want love to be simple. I want to trust without thinking. I want to be generous with my affection and patience and love unconditionally. It is easier to love a person with their flaws than to weed through them. I want to love the whole person, not parts; and this is how I want to be loved.

Don't be made useless or idle with despair. Gather yourself around your strength for light does the darkness most fear.

My whole goal is to keep my spirit intact. If that doesn't happen, none of this is worth it.