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Thursday, August 13, 2026

Apparently, I Needed Reminding 😂

⏳From The Journals: August 11, 2024

I am someone special.

I am important.

I am unique.


I am smart.


I am intelligent.


I am wanted.


I am attractive.


Even at my age, I am cute and lovely.


I am amazing.


I am awesome.


I am respectable.


I am the priority.


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A Reflection, 2026

Reading this now makes me laugh. 😂 

I apparently needed to remind myself of my worth—and I wasn’t taking any chances!

But beneath all those declarations, I think I was trying to tell myself something simple: 

I matter. I am worthy of love and respect. And I am allowed to take care of myself, too.

Maybe I didn’t fully believe it then. Maybe that’s why I had to write it down so many times.

And you know what? That’s okay.


*****

May you have the grace to speak kindly to yourself today, even on the mornings when you have to write it down to believe it.


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Every now and then, I open an old journal and find a little piece of myself I had forgotten. 🍂Some make me laugh.Some make me wonder. Some remind me of how far I’ve come. These pages are not simply a collection of old journal entries. They are little pieces of a journey—thoughts I once wrote down, stories I may have forgotten, and moments that meant something to me at the time. And sometimes, the woman I am today has something to say to the woman I was then. So you may find a little note from Present Lelen along the way—a reflection, a little context, or perhaps just a gentle “I understand now.” I’m keeping these memories here not because they’re profound, but because they were once part of my story.

Dear old me… what were you thinking? 🤔

🚶🏻‍♀️Take a little walk with me through the years. 

You never know what we might find there.