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Do you remember? I’m doing that 30 Days Of Truths thing that’s going around. I’ve have chosen not to do them non-stop because I like to post every day and some days I have other things I’d rather talk about. Like boobsweat. (Wow. Been awhile since I’ve typed that word out. *sigh* Pregnant during an Alabama summer with no air-conditioning in my car: I Do Not Miss You.)

I’m actually quite impressed with how easily I came up with things for today. I’m so hard on myself and I have such a distorted self-image that I would have thought this one would have been difficult. Turns out? I actually like quite a lot about myself, I just don’t spend enough time thinking about those things! I decided to choose something tangible and something intangible. But seriously? I thought of several other things. I LOVE A LOT ABOUT MYSELF! Who knew?

I Love My Photography And All I Do With It

I know I have so much room for improvement, but I truly love the pictures I take. I mean – when I upload them to flickr? I often go through them several times just thinking, I love these pictures. Not only do I love them after I’ve taken them, but I love that I do so much with them. Remember when my nephew was born? Well, after he was born when he got his first bath from Dad, I took tons of photos. The next day I sen them to Target 1-hour photo and brought a photo album up to my Brother-in-law and Sister-in-law that night at the hospital. Less than 24-hours after he was born! I mean, how awesome is that? But I just love doing stuff with my photos. I have them framed all over the house, I make Christmas collages, I make frames for gifts…and of course I keep them online. I just love everything about everything I do with my pictures. I’m so glad this is such a joy for me, too. Because it gives me such a good retrospect of my life when I’m feeling nostalgic.

I Love That I Am So Empathetic

While I know that this trait causes me a lot of problems as well, it is still something I love about myself. I love that, even though people have different beliefs than I do, I can still totally see where they’re coming from most of the time. (There are issues excluded from that: Gay Rights being one of them. I just don’t get people who don’t support that.) It’s funny, when I struggle in life? I often truly appreciate people offering me their prayers. I don’t even believe in any sort of God that would answer prayers, but because I can totally put myself in their shoes? I still feel like I can get strength from their prayers. I also very easily see the effort people put into things…make sincere gratitude a very easy thing on my part. My mother-in-law does all of this crazy stuff for my kids that is amazing. She hides little treats in her garden for them, makes them special cakes just for them, sews clothes for dolls…it’s amazing. Every one of these things makes me insanely grateful as I can easily see all of the effort that goes into them. Some people just miss that part completely making gratitude rare an insincere. I’m glad I have an ability to really see what needs to be seen from the eyes of someone else.

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Day 01: Something I Hate About Myself