Grow,Tree. Grow.

Text to my mother on  May 9, 2012:

Today marks a year since I "came out" to you. I feel as if we have both grown significantly since that time. Please know that I am thankful to have you in my life and know that you love me. I love you.

Text from my mother later that day:

Thank-you sweetie. I'm so lucky to have you in my life and I never try to take that blessing for granted. You and Boo mean the world to me.

I am and always have been my own rock, but without strong people by my side I am unsure just how much I would be able to handle.

I  would like to  to salute myself for gathering the courage to do what I did then. I  keep listening to May Erlewine's Love Labor Album over and over again. I really cannot believe how much her  music has gotten me through, like back when the waters were not so calm with my mother and through the disappointments and victories of last semester. The lyrics that keep resounding in my head speak to how my soul can grow if I tell myself the truth. I just want to applaud myself how honest I have been with my own character as of lately. I am doing truly well.