I love this photo so much because it embodies all the life, energy, and joy I reclaimed after the separation. It is the spirit I want to carry with me through the rest of my life. I want to measure all relationships by how much they allow this spirit to shine through. So I made it my lock screen photo on my phone. That way I look at it every day and have that reminder of joy over and over again.
I'm far from a vain person and so it was weird at first having my face looking back at me on my phone but I think it was overdue.
About a year has now passed since I took that photo and so this morning Facebook asked me if I wanted to use it to share a then vs now photo. I opened up my photos app to see what the options were and found so many that reflected that same spirit so it didn't take me but a moment to find this one from the sail away party out of New Orleans two weeks ago.
I hope next year and each of the years after I have a whole new batch of selfies in the same spirit. If I accomplish nothing else in life but lean into this spirit, I will have lived a great life.
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