Ohjoyousjourney

Thank you July for truly being magical 🤍✨

This week I got to wake up and celebrate another birthday, more and more I realize what gift getting older is. This birthday was a lot to process for me. Over the last 6 months in particular, I have walked hand in hand with joy and heartache, happiness, and grief, emotional highs and emotional low’s. I have experienced feeling guilty for having feelings of happiness all while sadness and suffering was happening around me. I have carried so many complex emotions that I felt like I was constantly in a state of fog. So far this doesn’t seem like an uplifting birthday post, I know, bare with me.
The experiences of this last year has pushed me in so many ways, and I have begun to come back to myself. I have learned that you CAN hold space for joy and grief at the same time. You CAN tell God that you need people and experiences in your life to remind you of your authentic self, and to help that fog disappear. I am finally finding myself again, mentally and physically.
I have learned that self-love means honoring yourself in EACH MOMENT, whether that moment is one of immense sadness and feeling overwhelmed or one of confidence, joy, and excitement.
“The ultimate practice of self-love is perfectly balancing what you need today with what your future self needs tomorrow,” R. Nafousi.
That is where I’m at in this moment, that is what I hope to continue to do, to practice self-love and continue to be me as I am with all the highs and the lows that so come with this journey of life. At the end of the day am truly grateful for it all. So cheers to another year! 🥂🥰

Florence has my ♥️ There are hundreds of the cutest restaurants and cafe’s all over the city, and not enough time to try them all.

Impromptu weeknight date in SLC, yes please!☺️