The days after Thanksgiving have their own kind of tenderness… a mix of fullness, fatigue, and the quiet emotional chaos that holidays tend to stir. Maybe you’ve felt it, too. This season has a way of bringing memories to the surface. We revisit old stories, old roles, old versions of ourselves we thought we’d outgrown, only to be surprised that they still carry an ache.
Around this time of year, the younger parts of us often tug at our sleeve, wanting comfort, wanting space to breathe, wanting to be understood. The world promises that it’s “the most wonderful time of the year,” but for many, that isn’t the whole truth.
If that’s been true for you lately, you’re not alone.
There’s no big message today. Just a small reminder that it’s okay to slow down, to take a breath, to be gentle with the parts of yourself that are still learning to heal.
In the middle of a season that asks for more, you’re allowed to say to yourself, “Enough.” You are enough. You are giving enough. You are working enough. You are enough, just as you are.
Wherever you find yourself this week, whether it’s in gratitude, in overwhelm, or somewhere in between, I hope you feel held and supported. And I hope you remember: you are enough.
