When I say life gets hard…. Y’all it REALLY gets HARD! HOWEVER… I will tell you there is ALWAYS a rainbow after each and every storm! Hearts get broken and you grieve a life you thought you needed! You grieve relationships you believed you wouldn’t be able to live without! & then one day you wake up, you pick up the pieces, you dust yourself off, you start to believe in your potential, you look at yourself in the mirror and see the girl you always wanted to be…. You start to see who YOU ONCE WERE… be her. Believe in HER. BECOME HER.

That girl is going to be proud one day. The new you will love herself, that girl will celebrate the small victories, that girl will love her friends, THAT GIRL will be an important role in her family, pursue THAT GIRL! Love, hope, dream BIG DREAMS…. Really big dreams, thrive, ask YOURSELF what is really important and then have the wisdom and courage to build YOUR LIFE around THAT answer!!!!

Strength is a funny word…. What does it mean to be strong or DISCOVER your strength?? I used to think strength or “being strong” was stone faced, cold hearted, not letting people in, and just doing YOU. However strength…. Is genuinely knowing you are hurting and feeling every single piece of that feeling! Strength is discovering that YOU ARE NOT PERFECT! Being strong sometimes means depending on your people to hold you up when your heart is broken. Strength is digging yourself out of a hole. YOUR STRENGTH comes from asking for help. Sometimes being strong is learning to love yourself more than you ever have before! Strong…. Is paying your bills, sleeping alone, coming home to an empty apartment, crying when you need too, and sitting in YOUR OWN SH**

Slowly but surely…. One day y’all, I WILL FIND MY STRENGTH MORE THAN EVER BEFORE! One day (even if that means a little than usual) One day my smile will become MY SMILE will glow a little differently, one day the joy I am anticipating will be my reality, one day I’ll look back on this brief moment in time and see the bigger picture that is in store. One day (soon) all the tears, heartbreak, & hard work will bring me to the place I have always dreamed of! Beautiful BEAUTIFUL girl you can do hard things!!

Just remember those who believe in you, cry with you, tell you the truth, love you through it all, and hold you up when life gets hard….. those who weather the storms beside you…. Hold them close! There is ALWAYS A RAINBOW AFTER THE STORM!