Rediscovered this video of me from when I was 23 & I would give anything to be able to tell this version of myself just how proud I am of her. Tell her how smart, brave, capable, & beautiful she was. How she was worthy of love & affection - to try to give herself permission to love herself.

Cooking dinner at 10pm in my cute dress and resisting the urge to post about it. Oops. I lost the fight. Here I am!