Mending

1. Hang a picture frame around your mirror. Find the bluest marker you can. Trace the curves of your face, and be gentle. Get your fingers dirty with the ink and breath of it.
2. Change the sheets on your bed. Keep them cool and spray them with lavender, if you have some. Burrow into your bed at 9:30 PM. Fall asleep without apologizing for it.
3. Pick at least two mornings every week to sit with the sunrise. Make a list of the colors you see in the sky. If you find a new color for the first time, give it a secret name.
4. Write a list of your hurts, the little and the big, in crimson lettering. Fold it softly. Place it in your favorite old journal, bless it, and tuck it away in a closet.
5. Breathe. Always breathe. Drink the air, thank your lungs, and bring life back into your bloodstream. This is how you survive. This is how you start over.