Yes

For my 50th birthday I was going to get just the word yes. It was just a couple weeks before my birthday that M was diagnosed the first time with cancer. So all things were on hold to focus on battling that. The meaning of the yes was important then, but since Michaela passed it became even more important. I needed to have it done.I added the rainbow heart to go with it. Rainbow heart is for acceptance of being me - a pansexual woman whose spouse was a transgender woman.

Yes means - yes to fighting my daily battle with depression and anxiety, yes to staying alive even though everything in me was screaming I can’t do this anymore, just saying yes to each day, yes to living my life in a way that is authentic and aligns with my core values even on the difficult days, yes to loving unconditionally, and yes to my love, Michaela, always.