39.

Happy Birthday, Girlypop.

I should have never been scared of you. I’ve been through SO much worse. Being brought back to square one and relearning everything has made me so much more capable of nurturing the relationships around me. And that came to fruition tenfold today. Today was probably my best birthday celebration of my adult life. Thank you to everyone making that possible.

But to be honest, one of the many things that have been instilled in us Millennial girls turned women has centered around not being enough. Needing to strive for better greatness.

Now, here’s the thing - I believe that the goal posts are continuously moved. We may check enough boxes for one thing, but never another. We’re always kept in the rat race. If Guillain-Barre Syndrome has taught me anything, it’s how you fare when you’re stuck back at zero, and how you bounce back.

These last 4.5 years of recovery have taught me that I had the tools, the “chutzpah”, and the wherewithal all along. And everything is coming up roses… or daffodils… ;)

I cannot wait to see what the last year of this 30’s decade has in store for me. If I can only guess on the way it’s opened - my 11 o’clock number before 40 is gonna be a STUNNER.