Letter to Myself, February 10 2011

Dear Person,

If you are still using anti-depressants, good, because they help you transition from being a full-time mom, to a mom with a job.

Your job is to do the best you can every day.  First and foremost that means keeping yourself healthy and strong so that you can do all the things you love to do, and take care of those you love.

Make sure you're exercising every day, even if it's only 15 minutes, and especially if it's only 15 minutes.

Make sure you're doing your best to eat a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables, fish, lean meat, and healthy oils.

Eat chocolate whenever you want.

Dedicate at least three mornings a week to nothing but art.  Creating it.

You can be selfish with your time and time spent with your children, we only live once.

You will be a happy mother.

With love and compassion,
Yourself

Notes to self (Part 1)

Set an alarm in my calendar for every important event, I might not remember it alone.

Don't dump my anti-depressant without other major and sustained lifestyle changes because it really does work.

Don't tell people that I'm depressed because all they see are the reasons why I shouldn't be, which just makes me feel worse for being depressed when life is good.

Just because I converted to a different religion and feel like I belong to that religion doesn't mean that other people understand that.  Quit taking it personally.

Something to remember...