Sassy Selina

This has been a month of rampant ups and downs, tears and regret, happiness and gratitude, choosing to move forward and leaving the past in the past. January is always going to be a hard month. It marks a new year, a new approaching age, and another year gone.

A few things to take away from this past January:

• Take a minute to sit in and feel all your emotions.
• Happiness is a daily choice, and boy do you gotta work for it.
• Always make your mental health your top priority.
• The “good for you” relationships take inner work, patience, kindness, and most importantly, empathy.

This January I grieve for the 3rd year without my brother by my side. I grieve for the 2nd year without our Maelyn in our lives. I grieve for my oncoming 26th year, a year our Manny never got the chance to be and I grieve over the thought of becoming older than my older brother. Even though I take him everywhere I go, and think about him each and every day, this month will never be an easy month to take on.

But as we enter February, I look forward to my birthday, a new beginning, another year of great memories and another year of accomplishing all that I set out to. All I can do in this life is be myself the only way I know how. Strutting the sass and learning from my mistakes as I go along. Always moving forward and never taking anything in this life for granted. Sitting in my emotions and processing them properly so that I can happily move forward and leave behind the stress. So good ridden to January 2024 and welcome February 2024. I welcome you with open arms and excitement and joy for all that you have in store for me and I leave any hurt and pain that I sat with this past month in January.

Here’s to my 26th year!