It isn’t that somebody died, not a loved one, or just anybody in my life that I know of. I lost touch with my child self. No, I didn’t stop listening to nostalgic songs, smelling scents, looking back at photos, I simply just stopped being a kid. This is obvious, but its so overlooked at how limited our time is. I look back and wish I took that extra whiff of my favorite blanket once more or hugged my mom tighter when she was at her lowest when I was only 6.

Everyday I’m constantly reminded of who I am as a whole, that my foundation as a bright little girl will forever be within and only expressed but never being in that same tiny body and saturated mind.

I think that reflecting and looking at photos of yourself from now and the past is important, its a vivid memory that was documented just for you right now in this moment, not for you to make fun of but to embrace. To embrace who once were, to embrace who you want to become, to embrace the aspects that were created then that still are held on to you now.

Please keep in mind that nothing is promised, everyday should just simply be lived with gratitude. This isn’t a blog on how to live your life but how to love it.

It could be a heavy and stressful time for you but there will always be something to be grateful about and once you find it, love finds you.

Like being grateful for reading this and being safe right now is fortunate, because your young brain is reading word for word just for you to understand.

I know I cant be a little girl anymore, and that upsets me sometimes because it was the time of showering freedom. But also, I look forward to freeing myself now, right now by letting my soul type this out for me and being grateful to take the time to enjoy myself writing what I want to tell you.

Have fun, take photos, compliment yourself, do everything.

You are like the rest of us, we are just living for the first and only time.