Mother’s Day, Migraines, Muscle Pain, and Magic

I wasn’t even sure if there was gonna be a Weird Shit Blog today, but apparently life said absolutely yes.

Did my morning Glow Getter and Vlog. 

All I wanted for Mother’s Day was to go hiking with my boys, Sir Parker, and My Son Evan. We get maybe two minutes into the trail and boom… migraine. Of course. Because why would anything in my life ever just be normal and peaceful from start to finish? 😭

Not just a little headache either. One of those migraines where you start seeing all the colors and swirls and your brain basically says, “Good luck out there.”

But we didn’t quit the hike.

We just slowed way down for the first 15 minutes while I worked through it and eventually it passed. After that we ended up having an amazing hike together. Total hike time ended up being 55 minutes and honestly I’m really proud of myself for pushing through it instead of instantly giving up.

After the hiking adventure, I went to Sam's Club, grabbed myself sushi and chocolate covered strawberries, came home, and absolutely destroyed both while trying to survive the aftermath of Sculpted Warrior.

Y’all… my ass hurts so bad I can barely walk and honestly? It’s the best feeling in the world.

Last November, the left side of my body was barely functioning. Some of the muscles were testing around 5% use while the right side of my body had completely locked in and taken over trying to compensate. That’s literally how I kept working and functioning.

But the past couple of weeks something has been shifting hard.

The right side of my body has finally started releasing and unlocking while the left side is starting to function normally again. The pain I’m feeling now is growth. It’s muscles waking back up. It’s parts of my body finally coming back online that I didn’t even realize I had lost connection to.

And let me tell you… feeling muscles you forgot existed is HUMBLING. 😂

So I threw on the heating pad because my booty was screaming and accidentally knocked out HARD.

Then I woke up to My Son having a meltdown over a text from my ExHusband.

But honestly? This is where today got kind of beautiful.

We worked through it together and I taught My Son how to safely set boundaries, stand in his truth, and stop shrinking himself just to keep other people comfortable.

And to both of our surprise… my ExHusband respected it.

Like fully respected it.

Which honestly felt shocking for both of us.

Then supposedly I heard from a friend I was really hoping I’d hear from and every single time I hear from this friend it just instantly makes me smile. On top of that, I reconnected with another friend earlier this week and we’ve been talking daily and it’s been filling my heart in ways I didn’t even realize I needed.

And today between texts, comments, and DMs… I got more Happy Mother’s Day messages than I think I’ve gotten in my entire life combined.

That part honestly overwhelmed my brain in the best possible way.

Because this is the weird shit.

For so many years life felt isolating, painful, heavy, survival mode constantly… and now somehow I’m sitting here sore as hell, emotionally processing life, eating sushi in bed, feeling loved by people all over the place, and ending my night binge watching Charmed because I decided today needed magical energy.

It was either Charmed or Lucifer because apparently I rotate emotional support shows like seasonal therapy.

And just before I got ready to finish writing tonight’s blog post, my phone goes ping… “You have a new email.”

Holy shit.

Mind blown.

I got a new Glow customer.

Seriously… thank you all for the love, the support, the shares, the messages, and for trusting me with your health and wellness while healing from the inside out. Sometimes it still doesn’t feel real that this is my actual life now.

And honestly? Maybe today really was magical after all. ✨

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