It took me a long time to realize that I am a powerful and unapologetic gift to myself and to the world. I had to get into the practice of talking to myself in the most loving way after years of speaking negatively to myself about my body, my experience, and that I had nothing to show for myself. It was a long process to accept, believe, and embody being the gift I was created to be. I felt like I just kept on going through struggle after struggle and challenge after challenge and trauma after trauma in my life. I played the role of victim so well until I couldn't anymore and held myself accountable for accepting my place in this world as a gift and that everything that happened to me was happening for me and my greatest good. I learned to give myself grace and compassion and to realize I am human and imperfect who is worthy. Remembering I am the gift was also owning that I am important and special. I no longer had to wait to be chosen or seen because I chose myself. When did you realize that you are the gift in your own life? How did that shift how you felt about yourself? What was that feeling like?