Hi! My name is Brenda. I am the co-founder of Love and Hugs Mental Health Foundation. Our mission is to provide funding to community organizations that are dedicated to educating, servicing, and uplifting everyone striving to improve their mental health. Through our foundation and our adorable ambassador Patrick, we will highlight, showcase and promote the positive effect love and hugs have on mental wellness.
In Brenda’s Blog I will share positive stories about topics pertaining to our mission. I will occasionally have special guests share their knowledge and uplifting experiences. We encourage your input, feedback and sharing as we embark upon our journey of promoting and improving mental health through love and hugs. So, join us and become a champion of spreading love throughout the world!
To love and be loved is one of the biggest blessings and greatest gifts of all times. Love brings peace, value, strength, security, respect, and loyalty to all relationships. In the world’s current state of affairs, we could all use more love and more reminders of our magic. Sometimes it is so hard to see the forest for the trees but when you take the time to be present, intentional and focus on the positive you can make it through the darkest hours. So many times, when I was feeling less than my best or like I had failed at some aspect of life, one of my children would say (out of nowhere) “I love you mommy” or “you’re a great mom” or “you’re so pretty mommy” and it would bring me back to reality with a sense of peace. Those few basic words grounded me and reminded me that while to the world I may have been one person; to them I was their world. That reminder alone gave me the strength to do anything.
The fact of the matter is we won’t always have good days, things won’t always go our way, but love is a POWERFUL thing and with it our magic will ALWAYS shine through! So today in case you have forgotten, you are MAGICAL… you are loved; you are enough; and you are valuable. Life gets hard and mental health is a constant battle; your personal peace is worth protecting so love out loud; love without conditions and love yourself the MOST. Have you reminded someone of their magic recently or been reminded of your magic by someone recently? I’d love to hear about it. If not, please remind someone of their magic today!