It seems like just yesterday that I was walking out of work on my last day making promises to myself I would make this a summer to remember. Hard to do when you have a lot of schoolwork and your son is getting ready to leave for college. July brought vacation which was decent. All the family went so that was nice to be together. Then we had more wildfire smoke and tropical temps it was too much to go outside. August snuck up on me. We had some family get together and those were pretty good, awkward but nice to see some people I don’t normally see. I got some answers on my health that were unnerving but it seems fixable, but that means I am also waiting to hear from another specialist too. I picked up crocheting again. I found a nice baby blanket pattern for our old neighbor who’s pregnant. I also started a project for a friend who was super supportive during my schooling. This month I started watching HGTV again. I haven’t watched this channel in YEARS. I am struggling though. I miss my son. He was my baby and he is two hours away learning to become the person he is meant to be. I am so proud of him, I hope he loves it. It is literally time to come back to myself. It’s time to find me again. Why is it so hard to focus on ourselves my women tribe? Is it a mom thing? I see other moms not minding to take their time and do their thing. Is it a lack of self-respect? Lack of self-love? I am supposed to do a detox/elimination diet, which is throwing me for a loop. I decided to write it all out a whole six-week plan. I have a week to gather it all together. I need to remember the last post— Everything is temporary. All the parts matter. This week I practiced bravery. I called my Aunt who is in town from Florida to have lunch with her to discuss my father because I am worried about him. I have been very hesitant about putting family in this blog because I feel like it taints my life and this is a space for me and my sanity, I do not want to pull too much of family into this space but this is a serious time. We are having lunch Sunday. I will see my Dad on Saturday, we are going to a car show. So I may or may not have a story next week, but either way, I am done with my schooling so I should be able to spend more time here. Be strong, be the light, be kind, and mostly to yourself.