Finding joy in the little things, the mundane, the ordinary. Finding the glimmers in your everyday. What are glimmers? For me glimmers are, the joy I feel cooking a delicious meal, playing music, beautiful scenery during my walk today, learning to normalize feeling good, about feeling good!

It’s okay to not be in a trauma state all the time, it’s okay to feel excited about getting up in the morning, feeling your heart fill with gratefulness, meeting the morning with bright eyes sipping coffee!

I forget how far I had to come just to get to this peaceful, open, loving, space. All this time unpacking all that I thought was mine to carry, that wasn’t. Understanding your stories, that are now just stories, and letting them lay there back in the past where nothing can be changed anyways. Goodbye, I appreciate all that you had to teach me.

Update 6/25/2025: This photo is from April 25, 2015, only 5 month before the surgery that changes my life. I know, I wasn’t healthy, from the inside out, mentally struggling, almost no spark left. I see myself trying to smile in this photo, I see no joy in my face.

If I could go back to that moment and say anything to myself, we did it! We’re growing, learning, and we are thriving! We are keeping all those promises we made over and over again, were finally crossing them off the list!