I very much desire to be happy and present in this life I am living.

I will not press pause on my life and wait until everything is order to resume living.

I will not spend my time and energy trying to meet the demands of the outside world.

I will not wish this time away and pick life back up when it’s over.

No. No. No.

I will be happy.

I will live today.

I will embrace every new normal with my little family.

I will relax the routine and ease the expectations.

I will go outside.

I will plant my garden and tend my chickens.

I will pet my dogs, kiss my husband, and play with my daughter.

I will consider the uncomfortable, undesirable, and unexpected changes that come our way and do my very best to adjust accordingly.

I will give thanks for my family.

I will remember that this day is as much of a gift as any other and I will not waste it because it isn’t what I had planned.

I will be who I am, where I am, with the people I get to call my own.

I will continue to live a beautiful life.

I will be happy. Even like this.

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