Good Girl

Have you ever felt like you had to be the good girl all the time? The girl who always had a smile on her face. The girl who always had the right answers. The girl who always felt happy. The girl who was always good. I have. I have been that way for the past 22 years of my life. I'm sure when my mom was changing my diapers I was trying to figure out a way to be good. But what do you do when you feel the weight of being good becomes to much. That smile becomes forced and harder to put on. The right answers become so skewed you don't know what's right anymore. The happiness you felt turns into guilt. The good girl turns into the fake girl. I'm here to tell you I am that good girl. I am not happy all the time. Life is not perfect all the time. And sometimes I just can't smile all the time. But one thing I know is, there is this wonderful thing called grace. Grace is what makes it OK for me not to smile all the time. Grace is what makes it OK for me not to be right all the time. Grace is what makes it OK for me not to be happy all the time. And it is grace that makes it OK for me not to be a good girl all the time. Grace says that when I do have a bad day I know that I am loved and that someone else can be the good girl for the day because everyone deserves a break every once in awhile. So to all the good girls out there today know that you can take a break.... Grace is here and It is ready to step in and take your place.