Do you know the meaning of the word resilient? I hadn’t given it much thought until someone told me that I was resilient. When I realized what it meant (after looking it up in the dictionary) I felt so proud that someone was able to see the results of all of the personal work that I had been doing - work to make myself strong given the physical and emotional challenges I was facing. They had seen me bounce back each day and push forward, continuing to try to better myself to better support those around me.

Each day is a new day and some days I don’t feel so strong, but when I need a boost I think about the word resilient - what it means and how it makes me feel. That helps me move forward. It helps me do what I need to do to help other people be resilient too.