Still Practicing Radical Acceptance
Maria Messer Maria Messer

Still Practicing Radical Acceptance

Radical acceptance keeps finding me—again and again. Not as a lightning bolt, but as a quiet practice of living inside what is. A reflection on grief and gratitude, relief and longing, loving fiercely, and learning to stop arguing with reality long enough to meet myself where I am.

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Gratitude, Even Here
Maria Messer Maria Messer

Gratitude, Even Here

After sharing one of the hardest moments our family has ever lived through, I needed space.

What I found when I returned wasn’t answers—it was gratitude. Not the shiny kind. The grounding kind. The kind that steadies me when depression whispers, when the future feels uncertain, and when joy and pain refuse to take turns.

This is a reflection on gratitude as practice, as anchor, and as a way to hold more than one truth at a time.

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