I Turned A Corner Today

Me today. Feeling free.

September 1, 2025

Today has been the best day I’ve had in a long time.

Not because everything is suddenly easy or resolved.

But because something in me,

something deep and steady, has shifted.

For over a year, I have been in survival mode.

Holding everything together. Carrying responsibilities that would break most people. Navigating grief, betrayal, leadership, heartbreak, and the slow-motion unraveling of things I once counted on.

My energy has been spent on seemingly non-stop school board crises, emotional landmines, legal chaos, political fallout, and holding the line for everyone around me.

But today, something gave.

For the first time in a very long time, I didn’t feel weighted down by the past. I wasn’t trapped in what was or bracing for what might come.

Instead, I felt energized by what’s possible.

My body felt light. My mind clear.

My executive function, so long used in service of everyone else’s needs,

showed up fully—for me.

I made progress today. I created order.

I moved things forward that matter to my future.

I saw the fruit of hard choices beginning to bloom.

Because the truth is, I’ve made some big decisions lately.

I stepped away from a career that no longer served me.

I’m in the process of shedding lifelong responsibilities that were handed to me before I knew I had a choice.

I’m reclaiming time, space, and clarity—

and I’m doing it for the version of me who has always deserved that freedom.

There’s still a long road ahead. But something is different now.

The fog has thinned. The weight has lifted.

Today, I turned a corner.

I see my future,

And it inspires me.