I Have A Responsibility To Nurture And

And Of Course There's So Much Music In And Around Our Family. I Had A Piano During Christmas Because It's Obviously Useful Through The Season. There Are So Many People, Songwriters, Who Are Around.

A Wonderful Pastor I Know Once Told Me, "perfectionism Is The Highest Order Of Self-abuse." So Now I Try To Remind Myself That If I Engage In Perfectionism, I Am Abusing Myself. Period.

The Conversation About Women’s Bodies Exists Largely Outside Of Us, While It Is Also Directed At And Marketed To Us, And Used To Define And Control Us. The Conversation About Women Happens Everywhere, Publicly And Privately. We Are Described And Detailed, Our Faces And Bodies Analyzed And Picked Apart, Our Worth Ascertained And Ascribed Based On The Reduction Of Personhood To Simple Physical Objectification. Our Voices, Our Personhood, Our Potential, And Our Accomplishments Are Regularly Minimized And Muted.

I Was Always Told I Was Special. And I Was Also Assured That I Had A Gift And A Purpose.

I Do Not Want To Give My Power, My Self-esteem, Or My Autonomy, To Any Person, Place, Or Thing Outside Myself... The Only Thing That Matters Is How I Feel About Myself, My Personal Integrity, And My Relationship With My Creator.