This is the hardest blog I've ever written. I stopped and started this several times, erased, rewrote, changed the title, got mad, got sad, felt relieved, and almost couldn't finish it because I didn't want to go back "there." Where was "there?" My rock bottom. And we often try to sugar coat it, gloss over the details, and bury it so deep so we don't ever have to feel that pain again. 

There comes a point in our life where we have to make a choice. Which way do we go? We can stay on the same familiar path or we can take a risk and step into the light. It may be blinding at first, but where there is light, there is growth. And there is love...self-love. And I think many of us stay in the dark and hide behind the walls we've created because we do not think we are worthy of m

It's time to say goodbye to the old me. Once and for all. A question that someone asked me prompted me to share my story once and for all...and to start writing a new one. 

 I had a student ask me recently, "How are you happy every day? How do you do it?" 

 My response was "It's a choice that I make every day, but that doesn't mean it's easy." And she said, "I wish I could be that way, but