{"id":74,"date":"2011-08-11T03:23:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T03:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/you-are-loved\/"},"modified":"2018-04-21T17:22:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-21T17:22:25","slug":"you-are-loved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/you-are-loved\/","title":{"rendered":"You Are Loved."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am sitting here drinking a glass of wine (or two, maybe, who\u2019s counting?) and thinking.&#160; Thinking about how weary I am, how sad I feel, how much I want to shed these feelings of doubt and begin again tomorrow.&#160;   Because, you see, I was exceptionally hard on myself today.&#160;   The \u201cChicago Winter\u201d of Texas is here to stay, it seems.&#160; And believe me, it\u2019s JUST as bad as negative temps.&#160; TRUST me.&#160; What little I <em>have<\/em> left my house this week (thanks to a lovely summer cold) has been spent racing the girls to and from the post office\/grocery store\/what.have.you without melting.&#160; It\u2019s too hot to swim, too crowded at the mall (cause EVERYONE is thinking what I\u2019m thinking) and just too MUCH.&#160;   You do know that it\u2019s been in the triple digits for like 40 days or something, right?&#160; Isn\u2019t that just CRAZY?  So what happens when you\u2019re stuck inside with your two small children who can\u2019t seem to stop torturing each other?  Two words: Cabin.&#160; Fever.  When Elmo is the only thing that keeps the peace you know you have a problem.  Ultimately, I took them to the gym, handed them off to childcare, and pounded the treadmill with all the stress and anxiety I was holding onto.&#160; And in my mind, I was thinking  I am worthy.  I am valued.  I am a good mother.  I am a cherished friend.  I do have talent.  I   am  loved.  When someone is whispering lies to you all day \u2013 lies that make you believe that you are none of the above \u2013 well, it\u2019s very easy for you (for me) to forget these things.&#160;   When I raise my voice too many times and scold my children more than usual.  When I pass by the mirror and am worried about the next 5 pounds when I should be celebrating the 5 I\u2019ve lost.  When I overthink and ruminate and drive myself crazy.  When I worry and fret that I might never get THERE \u2013 that place of self-acceptance and confidence.  When I second guess and don\u2019t offer myself the same kindness I hope I give to others.  And so,   I am happy to put this day to bed.&#160;   Happy to give my sin up to the one who will ultimately meet me where I\u2019m at and say  \u201c\u2026Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.\u201d \u2013 Hebrews 13:5.  I am here.  You   are   loved.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am sitting here drinking a glass of wine (or two, maybe, who\u2019s counting?) and thinking.&#160; Thinking about how weary I am, how sad I feel, how much I want to shed these feelings of doubt and begin again tomorrow.&#160; Because, you see, I was exceptionally hard on myself today.&#160; The \u201cChicago Winter\u201d of Texas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1208,"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions\/1208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}