It’s time to heal. Heal in the most authentic ways possible. They say it takes time. For me, it took a milestone.

Making it past my 30th birthday was huge for me. It meant I was free from that belief system I had lived in for seventeen and a half years. It meant breaking away from the cage of a lie that I wholeheartedly believed in. As more days passed, Jimmy’s 18th anniversary of his death was approaching. When it came, I was surprised to find out that that day was not what it had been for me before. It was just another day yet, this time, filled with self-care and recovery. It was a turning point.

Since that day, I’ve been allowing myself to heal even more. I’m taking risks I don’t think I would’ve taken even a few weeks before. Life is far from perfect, and that’s normal… I’m actually throwing that word “perfect” out the window! It doesn’t exist. Now I’m healing for myself. Healing means allowing imperfection. It means believing in something new; something greater. It means knowing that I deserve to be my most authentic self.

No one can take that away from me… not anymore.

Sending love and light -Kel.