Today I am grateful for:
- Volunteering in the Animal Training department at the San Antonio Humane Society
- Adorable puppies and the soft paws of kittens
- Big chocolate brown eyes and "the sound of animal enrichment"
- New beginnings
- New adventures
- Journeys
- "Fiscal responsibility"
- Being and acting grown
- Asking for help
- Accepting help
- Being independent and dependent simultaneously and being okay with that
- My home
- My car
- My computer
- My self
- Brita filters and reusable water bottles
- Cute hats and cozy knit beanies
- Cardigans and plaid flannel collared button-down shirts
- Coconut oil
- The fact that the butcher at HEB will remove the skin off your salmon for you if you ask
- The Alamo Ranch HEB and it's glorious efficiency
- Outdoor string lights
- A whole new wardrobe
- Livin' it up
- Taking responsibility
- Budgets and savings and plans
- New headshots!
- A trip to Austin
- Aly & Blacktip Swim School
- Dark showers
- Hope
- Opportunity
- Possibility
- Flexibility
- Yoga
- Meditation
- Deep breaths
- Education
- Figuring it out
- Journaling
- Writing
- Being led to the right people at the right time
- Meeting my neighbor, Elvin today
- Remembering to breathe
- Remembering to relax
- Remembering how much people love you and support you and want you to succeed
- Noticing how easy it is to dismiss praise for oneself over that given someone else
- Voodoo donuts
- New faces
- Cool places
- First Fridays
- New friends
- Remembering I can just ask
- Remembering I can just speak
- Remembering I am a grown @ss woman and I can communicate
- Using my words
- The Slowdown
- Tapping out when I need to tap out
- Peppermint tea
- Getting Fear Free Shelter Certified! (Go me!)
- The moon
- The possibility of you
Questions
- How are cats so beautiful?
- How is this gorgeous German Shepard still here?
- How does this shelter feel like a zen garden?
- Who knew soft cheese wiz was such a great distraction technique?
- Who will get me melatonin to try for the good sleeps?
- Who will bring me a washable weighted blanket so I can crawl underneath it and zenify myself?
- Is it okay to spend hundreds of dollars shopping in one day if it's paid for?
- Why does cedar and pinewood smell so good?
- Who's in charge of the weather and can we keep this forever?
- How do you reduce the need to throw a gala and just have a social gathering?
- What if it goes up but never comes down?
- What if I meet an animal and fall in love?
- What if I write a play and get it produced? What would it be about?
- What if I wrote a book and got it published? What would the first one be about?
- What if I started to read my poems in public? What would that look like?
- What if my braces come off sooner than expected?
- What if someone bought me a tiny pumpkin pancake maker?
- What if I got Zumba certified?
- What if I got a reel?
- What if I got an agent?
- What if I did the damn thing?
- What do I want?
- What do I got?
- Where do I want to be?
- Who do I want to see?
- How can I let myself be free?
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Does everyone slip into make believe?
Does everyone know where they want to go?
Does everyone fantasize about New Years Eve?
Does everyone run past the "get-to-know?"
Does everyone have such thoughts when they first meet?
Does everyone act normal when they're in a 2-3 zone?
Does everyone get so hung up?
Does everyone get so enchanted?
Does everyone secretly wish?
Does everyone secretly fish?
Does everyone want?
Does everyone need?
Does everyone pray it will happen easily?
Does everyone aim for such perfection?
Does everyone try so hard not to shift their complexion -
With you?
And why hide?
Why not show?
Why not just let you know?
But if I water this seed, will it actually grow?
Mo Jo Jo Jo
It doesn't need to be romantic
I'd visit you across the Atlantic
Because you are the sky and the sun
With you there is no pressure to have any fun
- but we do!
You are my weighted blanket
You are a hidden trinket
You are my cup of tea
You are as bright as a bumble bee
You are my daily cardio
You are inhaling and letting go
You are the sunshine
You dance in the rain
You laugh with me through all the pain
You see me for who I am
And you still believe
You see me for who I am
And you still see me
You love me just the way that I am
You know I'm the lion as well as the lamb
And when I'm crawling alone on the floor,
You get down beside me and open the door,
You don't have to be there
You don't have to see
To know it's easy as 1-2-3
We, We, We
We can just be
I can be all of and none of me
I can be full, half-way, or empty
I can feel happy, sad, or guilty
I can feel good, bad, or like I'm plenty
It's quite simple
It's really easy
To be me
To be free
With you around
With you asharp
With you astraight
If I'm the torn paper, then you're the tape
So thank you,
thank you,
thank you,
for all that you do
For being the you that only is you
For hearing my woes,
For fighting my foes,
For cheering my wins,
For seeing my begins,
I love you,
I see you,
I let you in,
And I am so grateful that you're my best friend.