03/11/2026
My Why is personal. My Why is my family.
For most of my life, I struggled with anxiety and I didn't even know that's what it was. Living with chronic health issues meant I had learned to just push through, to normalize the worry and the weight of it all. Nobody told me what l was feeling had a name. Nobody told me I could get help.
That changes everything when you finally realize you don't have to go through without help.
I don't want my daughters to spend years carrying something they don't have to carry alone. I don't want them to feel shame for struggling, or to believe that their mental health is somehow less important than a physical need. If they broke an arm, we'd go to the doctor. Mental health deserves that same urgency, that same care, that same lack of hesitation.
So I walk for them. I walk for the version of me that didn't know help was available. And I walk for anyone who has ever talked themselves out of asking for support because they thought they should just be able to handle it.
Asking for help is not weakness. It is one of the bravest, most loving things you can do for yourself and for the people who love you.
Mental health must be a priority. Not someday. Not when things get bad enough. Now.
That is my Why. That is why I walk.
If you'd like to donate to Ft. Bend Mental Health or join my team for our Hope in Motion walk, click the link in my bio.
