Here's the picture of my new and final product of the haircut saga. I love it! The layers are great. I wish it was a little bit longer, but it grows fast so no worries. I was so tired today. I think it was because it was rainy the first part of the day, the kids were subdued, and I've been staying up late. It was still a great day. I was in a great mood. I think I'm becoming happier than I've ever been. I really am loving my year of learning to love myself. I mean, I feel so light and at peace and satisfied with everything I am and have. I really suggest you try it. Find one thing you love about yourself every day and then you'll start to really think about it all the time. I mean, I find myself trying to narrow down the one thing I want to say for each day. I have to keep a list of all the ones I want write because I am finding that I have more and more qualities and attributes that I love about me. Ok, toot toot, I'm off my box.

What I love about me #11

I am very calm and collected in a stressful situation. Today, one of my kids had a nose bleed and they freaked out! I mean it was a pretty heavy nose bleed but the kid ran around the room freaking out trying to figure out what to do. I had to sternly yell for him to stand over the trash can so he would quit bleeding all over the floor. Now, I usually am pretty woozy when it comes to blood, barf, or any other bodily fluids that don't belong to me or actually even those that do belong to me. Well, instead of getting sick like I normally would, it was like a mommy instinct stepped in to calm everyone down, make the area safe, take care of the bleeder, and clean up the mess. I was proud that I didn't throw up and that I was actually able to clean up the area so that everyone was safe. I was even able to touch the bleeder and help them stop the nose bleed.

The same goes for when my mom had cancer. She wound up getting a staph infection and I was proud of myself for being able to stay calm and make rational decisions about what we needed to do to take care of her. I was even able to be there for all of the blood drawing, dressing changing, tube emptying, and needle poking that had to be done. If you know me it is not something I normally would ever do or handle, but in that situation, I just go for it and do what has to be done for others. I guess it goes back to my nurturing side that I talked about a few reasons I love myself agos. So, I'll take care of you if something happens and you need my help. I'm just that way.