I can’t believe it’s June already.
Somehow we’ve reached the halfway mark of the year in what felt like the blink of an eye. Summer officially arrives in just a few short weeks, the days are getting longer, and the flowers are in bloom.
Up until 12 years ago when I first got sick, June had always been special to me. It’s my birthday month, and as someone who loves summer above all other seasons, this time of year would usually fill me with anticipation. Everything felt a little lighter once summer arrived. But if I’m being honest, birthdays have become complicated for me over the last many years.
It isn’t about getting older. In fact, it has nothing to do with age at all.
Birthdays have a way of making us reflect. They invite us to take inventory of our past, our present, and our future. Sometimes that reflection is joyful. Sometimes, as in my case, it’s a little heavier.
This year, perhaps more than ever, after all that the first half of the year has brought, that reflection feels particularly weighing. It makes today feel like the perfect time for a check-in.
How am I doing?
How are you doing?
“I’m fine” is an easy response for most of us. But not always a truthful one.
As we reach the midpoint of the year, take a moment to acknowledge everything you’ve carried these past six months? The challenges you’ve faced, the moments that tested you, and the victories, whether big and small, that helped you keep moving forward?
One of the promises I made to myself at the start of 2026 was simple: every single day, I would write down one good moment from my day.
Just one.
And now, 151 days in, I’m proud to say, I’ve kept that promise.
Some days it’s come easily. Other days I’ve had to search deep within myself to find it.
But what I’ve learned through this practice is that even on the hardest days, there is usually something worth noticing. Something worth remembering. Something good.
The exercise hasn’t erased the difficult moments, but it has helped me see them alongside the good ones.
As June begins, I’m carrying that lesson with me into the second half of the year, knowing that we can still be grieving and grateful at the same time.
Struggling and smiling.
Healing and still hurting.
Holding sorrow and hope in the very same heart.
So as we enter a new month, a new season, and for me, another trip around the sun in a few weeks, I’m checking in, not just with myself, but with all of you.
How are you doing today?
Tell me one good moment from your day?
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