By Heather Brandenburg

Enjoy an original by Heather Brandenburg! An excellent friend and someone who has some wicked insights on perseverance! Thank you Heather for being so awesome! I hope to have her work on here more often, she is such a talented writer!

I am a lot. I am sassy almost always. I am irritable when I’m stressed, hungry, or tired. I am quick to anger and just as quick to feeling hurt. And guilty of masking the latter with the former. I am anxious most days and need a sense of control in order to cope. I am sensitive. Oh so sensitive. And I am easily overwhelmed.

But I am also easily overjoyed and quick to laughter. I am goofy and weird and unashamed of both. I am independent and take pride in doing and creating things for myself. I am loyal. I am thoughtful in my gifts of my time and love and support. I am giving to a fault to where I’m often left feeling empty after giving everything away. I am full of emotion – good and bad – and I’m not good at containing either.

I am a lot. A lot. A lot. A lot. But one thing I will never be, is apologetic for any of it. Because while I may overreact, I may get angry, I may need more reassurance and comfort than your average person, I am more love than all of that combined. My actions and my emotions are responses to deeply caring for myself and for my people and for my relationships with those around me.

I know that my heart is beautiful because I have fought so hard – through so much – to be who I am despite all the people who have tried to put out my fire. I will no longer stand for people taking advantage of my heart. So here’s to being a boss bitch, whether others are capable of seeing it or not.

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