Owning who I am
As I sit with my boys waiting for my husband (daddy) to get home for dinner, I have a question in my mind. What makes me who I am? Really, of all the parents out there, what makes me my unique self? I can think of a few things that come to mind. But I invite you now to also ask yourself this question. The most important thing to me is my faith! It's saved my life more times than I can count. I know that I have been protected, loved, and favored my whole life. I've been called to shine light in the darkness. An identity I have been given by God, that I have come to appreciate, is being a polarizer. A little ironic, being that I have been diagnosed with PTSD and Bi-Polar. I'm not ashamed to talk about my mental illness because, it's nothing to be ashamed of. I didn't ask for it, I wouldn't have chosen that for myself, and yet now, I finally can understand the mania and collapse I have during immensely stressful seasons. In my healing journey, I have always been...