Proud

It happened, the day I feel I've been waiting for my whole life; my mum said she was proud of me.
She might say she always has been, and that might be true, but it was the first time she's said it to me.

Now people on here might be all 'you shouldn't need other's approval' and I agree, but it doesn't mean I haven't wanted to hear it just once after everything I've been through. I self validate, but acknowledgement sometimes really helps.

It came after me gaining yet another (voluntary) job in the mental health sector. I am now on two advisory panels for mental health charities and also on the tailgate of the podcast I did in December which she got around to listening to on her Christmas holidays.

I'm incredibly proud of myself, and that's enough, but having my mum say that made it all seem so much better because I look up to her so much as a successful woman.

My family are incredibly supportive, and lots of them have said they are proud too which honestly means the world.  But this felt like a true win. I really feel like I am on the right path for the first time in what feels like forever.