A Valentine’s Day poem of radical self love

Join me in creating your own version of this declaration of radical self love <3

I love her when she eats ice cream, sits in front of the TV and ignores the dirty dishes.

I love her when she screams at her family and makes messes that her husband cleans up.

I love her when she fails and disappoints the people she loves.

I love her when she is cruel to those who are down, when she judges, when she is hard hearted and turns away from those in need.

I love her when she can’t perform, when she embarrasses herself, when she is the center of public disdain.

I love her when she doesn’t follow her heart, when she abandons her needs, when she is led astray.

I love her when she runs away from doing something hard and someone else pays the price.

I love her when she is boastful and acts as though she is the only one above reproach.

I love her when she thinks she has everything under control and everyone figured out.

I love her when she is hard on the world, hard on those she loves, hard on herself.

I love her when she is angry that the world isn't meeting her high expectations.

I love her when she can’t figure something out, when she is confused, when she disappoints.

I love her when her shirt is stained, inside-out, and backwards.

I love her when she shows up unprepared and late, when her careless actions harm another.

I love her when she’s so busy that she misses the thing that's most important.

I have loved her all these years even though she couldn’t love herself.