Today is one of those days where I have to look back on my life, back on all the shit I've gone through, all of those challenges I've mastered, and where I have to say to myself: Goddamnit girl, you made it, be proud of yourself.

I'm sharing this because it's been a tough week. I've been murderously angry, deeply sorrowful, and endlessly exhausted. I'm still exhausted, but my natural joy and the first rays of peace have returned, becaused I remembered: I've had it worse, and I made it through that too. Goddamnit.

I like to say: I die when I die. It's not that I take death lightly, but I'm also not going to stop living life to the fullest, even if it means pain, suffering and even death along the way. 

I've made it this far. I'll be alright.