Embrace Yourself Today

I recall feeling "rich" as a child. We didn't have much, yet I felt like we had it all! We never took family vacations, never even took staycations...yet I felt RICH! I had no idea my mom was facing financial despair, especially after being kicked off her insurance (back then it was legal to do that). My mom was a warrior, she fought cancer, worked to jobs and raised three girls...needless to say there just wasn't any money...but I didn't know that until I was much older and she had been gone for at least a decade. The way my mom spoiled us and others one would assume we had money for days...she wasn't frivolous, she was calculated. Looking back I would say my mother's love language was likely words of affirmation and quality time, but she would show love by giving gifts and offering words of affirmation. We are the same in that way...I absolutely love to spoil the ones I love. If I weren't a die hard budget person I would spend with no regard, just ...

The world of technology allows us to present ourselves in the most favorable light possible. In fact, my marriage was born out of a relationship that was started and maintained through Computer Mediated Communication (CMC). Through this method of communication, it didn’t matter what I looked like physically at the moment; it also allowed me to conceal what my facial expressions would give away. This form of communication allowed me to rethink, reread and actually hear what I was saying before I hit “send”.  Thus, a world was born, one where everyone seems perfect, flawless, accomplished, beautiful and ageless. A world of perfection came into existence: perfect children, perfect marriages, and perfect jobs. It is in this world of perfection that we all feel like failures. Social media shows us that a perfect world does exist, we just don’t feel a part of it…even if our Facebook, Instagram, Snap Chat, Twitter and blog tells others we are; we know our truth . While we bel...