I am enough: Linley

My daughter saved my life. Thanksgiving 2019 was really hard for me. I had moved across the country the year before, away from everyone and every thing I knew. I lost my mom to ovarian cancer that March, and dealing with it all basically on my own drove me to the edge. I had just finished cooking dinner, which I’d been working on for two days to make sure the meal was perfect, when I got into a disagreement with my spouse that I blew out of proportion in my head. I was ready to go. I couldn’t find any reason to stay in my state of mind. I was seconds from ending it when my daughter called me from the other room. “Mama.” I knew right then and there that SHE was my reason. I decided to seek help in my crisis moment and now it’s most a year later and I am still choosing to wake up everyday and live. We are best friends. She’s the sidekick I didn’t know I needed. I’m making it a point now to remind her everyday how special and important she is, and how she is my greatest gift. 

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