I was recently watching a fun comedy from the early 00’s. It’s a story about a woman who becomes unexpectedly (and inconveniently) pregnant. At the end of the movie, she gives birth to a healthy baby girl.

What stood out for me, or rather smacked me right between the eyes, was that after she had pushed that tiny human out of her body, she flopped back in the hospital bed and said, “I DID IT!”  out loud to herself. 

She said it once, then twice, then a third time for good measure. Three little words: I DID IT!

By comparison, the birth of my son was anything but comedic. 

4 days of being in the hospital, bed bound, enduring one medical intervention after another, getting sicker, and weaker, and closer to death by the minute…

What struck me about the “I did it!” moment in this film was that I never had one of those. I never had a clear moment to myself to say, “I did it!”. 

Because after Ocean was born, which was an incredible gift in and of itself, I had to pour all my attention, all my energy, all my strength, courage, and will into staying alive.

There simply wasn’t time, nor the energy, for me to pause and honor the magnitude of that moment. Watching this light-hearted movie helped me recognize that some part of me still needed to hear those words from myself.

So, I decided to go back in time and give myself the “I did it!” moment I didn’t get to have.

I took myself back in my mind to that moment when Ocean was born, when I was able to finally let go just a bit because he had survived. I saw myself in that moment, and then I declared out loud, “I DID IT!”

Because I did.

Then I took myself to the moment when I was being wheeled out of the hospital, tears streaming down my face, feeling so shell shocked by everything that had happened, and honestly not knowing how I was going to care for this helpless, teeny tiny human being when I felt so utterly shattered myself.

From my overwhelmed new mama self I announced, “I DID IT.”

Because I did. I made it. I survived.

Then I took a moment to take all that self-acknowledgment into my bones. I breathed those words into my being. I felt the absolute truth of them. I owned those other-worldly accomplishments in an entirely new way. 

And then I let myself be flooded with a deep sense of pride. Because I did it. I did all of that.

Yes, I abso-freaking-lutely did.

I share this with you today because there are likely many moments in your life when you didn’t get a chance to acknowledge something incredible about yourself. Something you did. Something you accomplished. Something you overcame. Something you survived.

There are likely too many circumstances to count when you just carried on, kept going, pushed through, and moved on to the next thing without saying those three words to yourself. 

Maybe there wasn’t time, or space, or safety, or the awareness and self-recognition of just how amazing you are.

I DID IT.

Don’t let these be three words that were almost never said.

If there are moments in your personal biography that you want to revisit in your mind and offer up these self-honoring words to your magnificent self, I encourage you to do so.

Walk yourself through that memory and what you wish you had said, and then give that gift to yourself.

Tell yourself, “I DID IT!”, or whatever words you know that part of you still needs to hear. 

Let yourself show up for yourself in this way today. Acknowledge yourself. Stand for yourself. Forgive yourself. Love yourself. 

Honor yourself. 😍

Giving myself the gift of saying these three words to myself, almost 7 years later, has helped that former part of me feel seen, loved, proud, and deeply respected.

Imagine how incredible your version of these three words could make you feel.

I’m deeply grateful to still be here, and I’m very proud of who I’ve become since that day. And I know I am so very, deeply, truly worthy of this kind of praise and celebration. 

And so are you!

Honoring yourself isn’t always about honoring yourself in this moment. It’s also about honoring who you’ve been, what you’ve experienced, and the journey you’ve walked along the way. 

It’s about honoring all the moments in time that have helped you to be who you are and where you are today.

Remember, you are a walking, living, breathing miracle. 

You are worthy of those 3 little words, whenever you say them.

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