Today is Mother's Day. And if you're like me, you had a defective maternal unit. That's ok. As an adult, you likely had to fill in the gaps created as a child. So in a way, you were mothering yourself. Turn this wretched holiday into a celebration of yourself. Of all the

nurturing you didn't get from her, you put into yourself. The ways you learned to he gentle with yourself. The ways you learned compassion without having received any from the "most important source." She wasn't there when you needed, but you know who was? You. So give yourself

a gift. Celebrate yourself because your maternal unit wasn't the source of comfort, nurturing and joy but you cultivated it for yourself. You deserve something special. You deserve to be appreciated. It's hard, I know. As you make it a tradition, it'll get easier. Myself, I

haven't spoken to mine in at least 4 years and this will be my 3rd time celebrating myself on Mother's Day. It gets easier as you decide what the tradition will look like for you. For me, it's being out in nature centering, nurturing myself. And gifts. Lol. Because I deserve.

One of my gifts this year is an artsy new bubbler. If anyone would like to see it, I'll DM a pic but I'm not putting my business on blast when it's only legal on a state level. Lol.

I feel the need to add:

All the work you e been doing to not be like her deserves all the gifts in the world. You're breaking generational curses and that is no small feat. Seriously. Celebrate yourself.