Love not the shapely branch,

Nor place its image alone in your heart.

It dies away.

Love the whole tree;

Then you will love the shapely branch,

The tender and withered leaf,

The shy bud and the full-blown flower,

The falling petal and the dancing night,

The splendid shadow of full love.

Ah, love Life in its fullness.

It knows no decay.

-Jiddu Krishnamurti

oh so high

I've been in a terrible occupational funk. BUT:

After-

9 pieces of watermelon so participate in all the seed spitting contest

1 relay race where I ran backwards (priceless)

2 kickball games

1 double chocolate brownie

1 hour pushing preschoolers on swings

unfathomable amounts of diet coke

a ton of laughter

and a million hugs

I realize that I am truly blessed and my job doesn't seem so complicated.

Because at the heart of it, the most important part of it

is to simply love.

And, I am quite good at doing that.

I am not a disorder.
I am not a struggle.
I am not a bad day.
I am not a stereotype.
I am not a preconceived notion.
I am not defined by my battle.
I am defined by Who created me.
And that is why I am ok.