This is 48. No filter. No make up. Just me, first thing this morning. Messy hair and all. I started this tradition of taking a raw picture of myself every birthday a few years ago. This is the first one I have posted. It’s a way for me to see how much the year before has changed me. This past year has been…hard. I can see it in my eyes. As we get older there is a calm that settles in our souls that wasn’t present in our youth. You begin to care less of what others think of you and start the process of loving yourself more. You learn to let the wrong people go to make room for the right ones. You gain internal balance. Wisdom. With that said, I like to release what didn’t benefit me in the previous year. It’s time to release the past hurts and traumas. I want to open the doors to new experiences. To live free of restrictions. I open my heart to receiving love and giving it in return. I’m in complete alignment with my purpose and I am embracing the calm it brings. I feel like me for the first time in a long time.

Cheers to a successful trip around the sun.