Traumatic Experiences Community Daily Check-in: 8/26/2019 Monday

Hi and good morning everyone.

It is Monday once again and I hope you're having a decent day so far. I don't know if you realize how often I wish people decent days. Reason behind this is that, I want everyone to feel validated in how they feel. Good or bad. I don't wish you a fantasic day if you want to feel the way you do. I just hope that none of us are having a very hard day. So I wish a decent mediocre day. It's safe. It's comforting to know it's not the worst day we ever had. Do you feel me? lol...

Silliness aside, today I want to bring some smile on your face. You don't have to figure out how it makes you feel. Just smile and give it a light hearted giggle. Sometimes that's all we can do. Sometimes that's really all we need to do. You don't have to feel anything in any given moment. IT IS OKAY to feel nothing at times. Who you are, what you do, is enough and you don't have to jusitify in any ways.

If you're a mom....

If your toddler is quite for a very long time, your Christmas tree is now just a regular tree. - Joelle WIseler, writer

i never realized you could say "I Love you too with an undersurrent of rage. But then I birthed manipulative toddlers who don't like to eat dinner. Becca Carnahan, writer and creator of with love, Becca.

Are you fine being hugged while you pee? is a question someone should've asked me before I had kids. Kate Cartia, writer and creator of As Kate Would Have It.

To my grandmas...

If your baby is "Beautiful and perfect, never cries or fusses, sleeps on scedule and burps on demand, an angel all the time," you're the grandma. Thresa Blooingdale, author.

To my strong ladies and gents..

sometimes she'll get sad

and she will share it with you.

not for you to cheer

her up, but to quitely

feel it with her.

because sometimes she needs to feel it in order

to let it go.

but she doesn't want to feel so alone.

She's been throug a lot, you know? life has taught her and she has learned to prepare for the worst. Just understad that about her. She needs your patience and if you don't have it, then walk out of her life. Because you may be her sunshine, but she is still ready for the storm.

You can hurt her, but it will be temporary. She knows how to love, but she also knows how to love herself, and if you cross that line where she must choose, understand you will lose.

Write a list of the things you would change about them then burn it. Because people rarely change other people. Love changes people, and so does pain. but mostly, people change THEMSELVES. JM Storm writer, author of In My Head.

I only have couple books laying around on my desk today. It was a random pages I flipped opened that led me to these words.

Challenge of the day,

Open up your book. Flip to any page and share the words with us today. Or simply share a quote of words of wisdom of your choice.

Have a decent day everyone and thank you all for checking in.

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