
Losing yourself happens one “no” at a time.

Losing yourself does not happen all at once. She’s learned, as difficult as it is, how to be her own sun. She has learned to not let go of the pieces of herself that she needs in order to be what someone else wants.

Lucky implies that I was handed something I did not earn, that I did not work hard for. If you want crappy things to stop happening to you, then stop accepting crap and demand something more. Being a mother redefines us, reinvents us, destroys, and rebuilds us. Mothers are never off the clock, mothers are never on vacation. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. And while they are busy dreaming, the really happy people, the really successful people, the really interesting, powerful, engaged people? Are busy doing. As your inner voice tells you to.īeing traditional is not traditional anymore. Happiness comes from living as you need to, as you want to.

You know what I am? I am smart, I am talented, I take advantage of the opportunities that come my way and I work really, really hard.

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