i am ...

"Remind yourself of all the things you are besides your body. Make a list. Begin it with "I am..." and don't allow any negative judgments about your body to creep in. In case you forget, you are worthwhile, you are caring, you are growing--to name just a few attributes." - Geneen Roth

i have written some difficult posts. posts about addiction, about eating disorders, about death and loss ... but this post, THIS post, is proving to be much more challenging. writing about what i am without allowing any negative judgments is incredibly hard. 

i am ...

i am worthwhile, caring, growing. 

i am a daughter, a partner, a spouse, a sister, a cousin, an aunt, a niece. 

i am a teacher, a student, a learner, a singer, a guitar player, a piano note plunker. 

i am strong, wise, intelligent. 

i am a question asker, a seeker of knowledge, a pursuer of truth. 

i am loyal, kind, caring, helpful, honest, truthful, thoughtful, pensive. 

i am a woman, a lesbian, a dyke, a queer, a feminist, an activist, a writer, a reader, a blogger, a pacifist.

i am drinker of iced tea and hot tea, an eater of apples. 

i am hard and shiny, soft and sparkling, blurred and crisp. i am incongruous, dichotomous, and most importantly, i am here. 

now it's your turn. who are you? what are you? you are ...

be kind to yourself, to all of you,

xoxo

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