Day 17. Something You’re Proud Of
That’s Easy.
I am so, so grateful for getting to play Momma bird to this:
KP CORE, you are the epitome of empowerment.
A few weeks ago Jacob sent me a picture of all of you at your end of the year dinner and it made me so ecstatic to see so many faces I’ve never seen in my entire life. I laughed and thought back to all the times the O.G. CORE Board would sit at info meetings staring at each other thinking silently to ourselves, “Dammit. There’s nobody else here. What do we do now?”
Back in ‘08 we were giving so much and seeing very little in return. And to be honest, it broke me. I was skipping classes to make it to meetings for the Spring Retreat of 2008 — yea, the one that didn’t happen. And it sucked. My mistake was that I took it really personally. I kept it on my shoulders, felt like it was my burden to bear when it wasn’t.
So I did what I needed to do and took some space during my third year to heal and rebuild. I was burnt out and I’m glad I walked away for the time that I did, but to be honest the healing and rebuilding didn’t start until I came back to CORE during my 4th year. I was thrown into a room full of 2nd years that I only recognized from parties. Was I skeptical? Abso-freaking-lutely. But today I owe those 2nd year punk kids so much for helping me rediscover a lot of myself I had lost track of when I was broken. So thank you, baby birds, for bringing back my passion, inspiration, and motivation. You taught me more than you’ll ever realize. Thank you for making it so difficult and easy to let go.
I am proud of the fact that I hardly know anyone in your cute ass facebook pictures. I am proud each and every time I click ‘attending’ to a CORE event, even when I’m physically not. Proud that you’ve already accomplished more than the OG CORE Board (as visionary as we were) could even dream of. I’m proud of all the new challenges and growth and all the parts I can hardly recognize.
Most of all I’m proud that at your core (pun most definitely intended), you still hold true to your purpose.
And it’s safe to say I’m not the only one who feels this way.
