My mother is one of five siblings. She is the second born. The eldest, my aunt B, has always been a woman I look to for “how a lady would handle the situation”
What I didn’t know until 10 months ago was my Aunt B’s secret for always (In my eyes,) well, having her shit together.
In my search for facing my current chapter of life, I made a poor decision of approach in retrospect to a family function tradition, and I felt I owed my Aunt B an apology. Now this may seem trivial, but I respect my Aunt B very highly, the thought of hurting her feelings really effected me, and I hate facing my embarrassing moments as a whole, and lack of communication to an aunt who has never shunned me in any chapter of my life was humiliating to me.
Until I knocked on her door and was greeted with the Grace and Love that only someone as special as Aunt B can provide.
Discussion, tears, laughter, hugs, later… I had a secret to life, and on letting it go.
It’s been 10 months of practice and resetting my tone and responses (I’m no Aunt B, but I’ll take my progress!) and let me say that acting with grace has allowed me to start coming out of fight or flight mode, and is allowing others to express themselves and actions without me immediately reacting or defending my level of partaking in a social life, situation or otherwise.
Grace.
Leaving the negative to disperse before it touches me, not always having to join or take on all the extra, being at peace with one self before entering a social gathering or knowing one self enough to know your limits as you increase the level of grace you can carry and not allow the drama to be the focus.
May we all have enough grace for our day, and continue to put our health as a priority and not allow anyone to take that grace and the happiness it brings away 🫶🏼
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