be kind to yourself

Dear Anna, 

Now, it's just 10 days away until your birthday! 

On days when you feel the weight of the world on your shoulders, I want you to have this song in your back pocket. It's by Andrew Peterson and he wrote it for his daughter Skye (who is your age)-- you all used to be in the same Sunday School class together when you were 3. :) 

I love you, 

Mom 

  

  

https://youtu.be/sYiM-sOC6nE

You got all that emotion that's heaving like an ocean

And you're drowning in a deep, dark well

I can hear it in your voice that if you only had a choice

You would rather be anyone else

I love you just the way that you are

I love the way He made your precious heart

Be kind to yourself

Be kind to yourself

I know it's hard to hear it when that anger in your spirit

Is pointed like an arrow at your chest

When the voices in your mind are anything but kind

And you can't believe your Father knows best

I love you just the way that you are

I love the way He's shaping your heart

Be kind to yourself

Be kind to yourself

How does it end when the war that you're in

Is just you against you against you

Gotta learn to love, learn to love

Learn to love your enemies too

You can't expect to be perfect

It's a fight you've gotta forfeit

You belong to me whatever you do

So lay down your weapon, darling

Take a deep breath and believe that I love you

Be kind to yourself

Be kind to yourself

Be kind to yourself

Gotta learn to love, learn to love

Learn to love your enemies

Gotta learn to love, learn to love

Learn to love your enemies too