So you’ve been rejected once or twice. Or a hundred times. Or a thousand.
You earn the “at least my mom likes me” merit badge by remembering to be grateful for the person in your life who, even if they don’t quite understand what you’re doing or why you’re doing it, would never reject you.
It doesn’t have to be your mom. It can be your dad, your grandparent, your significant other, your child, or your best friend. Even your pet. Pets totally count.
The next time you’re feeling nothing but rejected, allow yourself to accept the literal or figurative heart-shaped PB&J your special person offers to cheer you up. And thank them for it.
This is part of the merit badges for writers series, and may be posted on your site or blog. Have you earned this badge? Will you never earn it? Tell us why in the comments.
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Aw! This made me tear up a bit! (Sweetness and gratitude will do that to me!)
I love the heart-shaped PB&J and the whimsical picnic napkin.
If I claim this one it will be in honor of my cat. Even though she most often demonstrates her support for my writing by trying to sit on my keyboard, at least she is always, always there for me. Literally. Right there on the keyboard.
This definitely goes to my Wife and Dog.
I am a pest, a grumpy, growling and grinchy bear more often than not – and still they offer me PB&J sandwiches.