“I didn’t know it but my feelings of failure were actually making me feel like I was a huge failure. I also had a big gap in my ability to like and have faith in myself. I think that’s why I compared myself so much to others. I went several years taking steps forward, steps backward, and constantly telling myself there was something wrong with me.” 

“I like to watch the mockingbirds perch on the corner of my house and sing. They sing all the time, especially in the spring…”

“My shell eventually became so hard that I found myself covered in self doubt, self judgment, and just overall worry about myself and everything around me…”