"Don't worry, you're beautiful. You're strong."

So I'm stealing this from the now Mrs. Leitch [The Heart of Life is Good].

She sends me some of the best 20-something problem life help articles.

She has the whole article on her blog [and you should totally go check it out] but I'm just gonna pull out a couple quotes that really hit my heart.

This summer was a rough one for me. 

For the first time in my 20-something era I confronted the fact that I was depressed. 

And had been for a good while. 

With the support of my entire family, especially my momma, I ran head first into getting myself healthy again. 

I was in the never ending downward spiral of the bedtime bed to couch to bed to couch fire drill; spouts of sobbing/crying/breakdowns; not wanting to be in my house that I had loved so much; no appetite; and just overall emptiness. 

I felt like I never laughed anymore.

This article brought me back to all of that, by showing me how far I've come from it.

I hope when you read this you feel proud of all you've overcome, no matter how big or small.

Oh, and I cry a lot now, mostly from laughing so hard.

"When I said I was struggling, people would tell me I was beautiful. 

"Don't worry, you're beautiful. You're strong."

Like just telling me "You're beautiful" was enough. I couldn't help but laugh. I was uncontrollable. I was sad."

"Babe, if you've got struggles then let's start raging. Your tiny fingers were prepped and created for battle"

" And baby, if you don't want to be something, then just don't be it."

"I'm just going to tell you that you're kind of strange. You're kind of quirky in the sense that no one ever fully understands the person that you are so you carry it like a secret between your smirked lips. Yes, you've been waiting for a moment to prove people wrong. I cannot wait to see that day."

" You're not an apology letter, you're a thank-you note just waiting to happen."