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This Is Me



Are you ever afraid that people will see the real you and want to run away? Do you find yourself trying to be a "little less" then your true self, because you know that you walk/dance/skip/move to your own beautiful beat of music?  If you answered "yes" to either of those questions then this post is for you.

My circle of friends know, and this is important, GET ME! I can be crazy, do stupid stuff and no matter what I look like they will STILL love me. its the people outside my circle that I worry about.

I worry that if I say something crazy, like I ALWAYS tend to do, that the people who don't know me, will think I'm kind of crazy (who am I kidding, we all know I am), and then write me off as someone they don't want to get to know.

This has happened to me in the past....and it did crush my spirit.

Over the last few years I have grown into myself, I have learned to trust my feelings, and to pursue the dreams that I have.  I have walked down many hard paths and found out that I am STRONG enough to do anything I set my mind to.

It was with that knowledge that I realized...I don't need EVERYONE to like me. I don't have to change who I am to make someone WANT to hang out with me. I mean....who wouldn't want to hang out with someone who is always cracking up, falling over herself, AND making memories!


Don't get me wrong...I can be serious, and I can turn down the volume (do personalities even have a volume control?), and I can sit still....unless I am in a chair that swivels :)

What I am saying, is that for a long time I hid away who I was, because I didn't want to be judged. It really is OK to be you.

God made us in HIS image....we are NOT a Mistake. We are WONDERFULLY made.  He made us this way for a reason.

I may be the "crazy" lady walking through Walmart singing Christmas songs with my daughter in mid July, and I am ok with that.Because I know that making a memory with her is more important then the stares we may get. and to be honest we have had a few smiles as well :)



 This is Me!  is one of my favorite songs from "The Greatest Showman", and my daughter and I have taken it on as our anthem. We are who we are, and we don't need to apologize for that anymore.

Make an impression on the world, be beautiful on the inside, be kind to everyone, make a difference in the lives around you, love your family fiercely, Show Christ to everyone you meet, and JUST BE YOU!

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