Finding Love in Unexpected Places: A Warrior’s Heart
February Theme: Love, Loss, and Self-Compassion
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February Theme: Love, Loss, and Self-Compassion 🩷
Feb. 17th Issue
Dear Love,
You have surprised me.
For a long time, I thought love had to come in one particular form—something grand, something obvious, something that made itself known with bold declarations. But love has found me in places I never expected.
Page in my journal- entered on January 28, 2025
It has met me in the quiet moments—when my husband looks at me with understanding, even when I don’t have the words to explain my pain. It has held me in the arms of my children, in their laughter, in their belief that I am strong even when I feel fragile. It has whispered to me in the friendships that have grown through shared struggles, in the warriors who remind me that I am not alone.
But the love I am still learning—the hardest love of all—is the one I give myself.
It is easy to be frustrated with my body, to feel betrayed by it. It is easy to be impatient with my healing, to feel like I should be "better" or "stronger" by now. But love does not demand perfection. Love does not rush. Love is patient, even when I am not.
So today, I choose to see love in all the places it has always been. I choose to give it, to accept it, to believe that I am worthy of it. And most importantly, I choose to extend that love to myself.
With gratitude,
Me
**February is often seen as the month of love, but for many of us, love is more than romance—it’s resilience, it’s grief, and it’s learning to extend the same kindness to ourselves that we so freely give to others. This month, my letters reflect on love in its many forms: the love I shared with my sister Raven, the unexpected ways love has found me, and the journey of honoring loss while embracing self-compassion.
Love and loss are intertwined, and through it all, I am learning that the deepest act of love is allowing myself the grace to heal, to grow, and to carry forward. These letters are for Raven, for love itself, and for me—for the warrior I was, the one I am now, and the one I am still becoming.**
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