.273 | to the women who have made me, from Selaina

For as long as I have been making friends I have been lucky enough to build a tribe of women that have been the sisters I never had. These specific women have evolved over the years, but I have to thank the women who are in my life right now. When Brian asked me to participate in this it was truly impossible to pick one person, so I have to take this opportunity to thank you all collectively.

To my dearest friends, sisters, mothers…you are my entire heart. I am completely who I am because of your unwavering support and love. Thank you to the sisters who knew me as a teenager and are still here with love and acceptance. Thank you to those who grew with me as I learned what kind of adult I wanted to be and supported (and are still supporting) my trial and error process. Thank you to those who came alive with me as we discovered our passion and power. And thank you to those who have been here since the very beginning, it is the most beautiful thing in the world to grow together.

There are not enough words in the universe to express how you have lifted me up on my darkest days and pushed me to strive for my best self. You have seen my in wholeness and believed in my potential when I lost sight of it. You have given me pure, unadulterated joy and we have shared in the true emptiness of grief. Thank you for understanding my heart in a way that makes you feel like a piece of it, I will treasure you forever. We are so unbelievably lucky to have lived, for however short a time, for the same moments in history and I am overwhelmed with gratitude for each of you. Thank you for being my rocks and for building a future our daughters and their daughters will thrive in. I love you BIG. Thank you.