Last Monday I headed home for some much needed time with my family. I keep most of my family stuff private for the sake of everyone involved but it was important for me to be home with my family during this time.

I share this as a reminder that you never know what someone else is going through, what weight they have on their shoulders, or the mountains that are placed in front of them.

No matter what their life may look like on the outside.

Life is not perfect and we all struggle with things. I think it's easy to make assumptions based off of what we see or hear on social media. I am guilty of this too. Last week I was reminded that we should never judge others -- in general -- but especially based off of the sliver of their lives we get to see. We rarely get the full picture.

As I write this, my heart is still heavy.
When I struggle I often try to "make the most of it" or try to find a silver lining. Even when my heart is breaking or I am in the thick of it, it has become typical for me to say, "but I'm movin and groovin!"

I am working on allowing myself to feel my feelings.
To honor my feelings.
To sit with them.
To work through them.
Only then are we able to really heal.

I had a dark cloud over me for the greater parts of last week, but even when life feels so hard and heavy, I hold onto faith that good will always win. That if we keep our hearts open and have compassion for others, we can make it through the other side of the storm.

Just a gentle reminder that we are all going through something.

Healing is hard.
Healing is heavy.
Doing the work is heart aching,
Filled with tough conversations,
vulnerability,
transparency,
often times pain and hurt.

Keep doing the work anyways.
Keep healing.
Know you are not alone.