Migraine Awareness Month #13: You Are Beautiful

Write yourself a love letter. Tell yourself how wonderful you are. Remind yourself of the things you have accomplished despite Migraines. There are times when we need to be reminded of the good things about ourselves that others see that we may have missed.

Dear Jaime,

I have known you for all of your life.  You haven't had the easiest one, this I know, but what you have been able to accomplish with it is amazing.  I understand how much you wanted to feel accepted and appreciated because you have always felt different.  You have struggled with feeling less special and less recognizable for most of your life and have felt that you go unnoticed most of the time.  I'm here to tell you that I notice.  I see you.  And what I see is a beautiful woman with a beautiful heart.  

You are the most AMAZING mother I know.  The way that your children look at you and appreciate you is such a blessing.  You have the biggest and most generous heart.  All you want is for the people that you love to be happy and to feel loved and special.  You are so amazingly gifted in so many ways.  You are extremely intelligent and thoughtful.  You are a brilliant poet and writer.  Your way with words stuns me.  Everything is so descriptive and you have a way of evoking emotion and thought with your writing.  Your attention to detail creates such wonderful and thorough work that many appreciate and can rely on.  You value your friendships and show a great source of support for them.  You are understanding and nonjudgmental.  You are extremely funny and so down to earth.

The thing about you that stands out the most is that you are a fighter.  You fight for your family, your marriage, your friends, and most importantly yourself.  You understand that it isn't something you prefer to do but are willing to push through it to get to a better outcome in the end.  You fight for your health, your right to coverage for your illnesses, your voice to be heard and to be heeded, and for the right to be you with no apologies.  You didn't choose this life for yourself but you are definitely doing your best to work with it the best way you know how.  Don't give up on yourself because you have so much to offer the world.  You must understand how many people love and care about you.  It isn't because you aren't worth it but because you are so wonderful.  Believe in that.  You are wonderful.  You are happiness.  You are LOVE.

Just look at your three beautiful children.  They are a representation of you.  No one has ever had a bad thing to say about them.  Why do you think that is?  It's due to the fact that you take being a mother seriously.  You want them to become the best adults they can be and you know that starts with a great foundation at home.  You spend the time it takes, regardless of how you are feeling physically, to make them well-rounded.  They know the importance of hard work, education, and doing well and how that brings opportunities.  They know that you are hard on them because you know what they are capable of and most importantly, because you love them more than life itself.  Your daughter has accomplished so much because you took the time to care.  Without you, she wouldn't have been inducted into the National Junior Honor Society.  Without you, she wouldn't have been nominated to go to Europe this month.  Without you, she wouldn't have received the President's Award for Educational Excellence.  Go ahead and be proud.  You deserve to be.

So, just remember that when you are feeling like the most persecuted person in the world and that your burdens are becoming too heavy to bear, you are bigger than all of it.  The good about you outweighs any negatives in your life.  Unfortunately, the things that make life hard always seem like the most prevalent.  However, all you need to do is walk to the nearest mirror and look at the beautiful woman staring back at you.  She's worth it all and then some.

Love Your Biggest Supporter,

Me

National Migraine Awareness Month is initiated by the National Headache Foundation. The Blogger's Challenge is initiated by www.FightingHeadacheDisorders.com.