Me?

Who am I?  That's a question I find myself asking myself often.  I have  many titles: wife, mom, daughter, sister, friend, Christian, childcare worker just to name a few.  But do those things really describe who I am?  What I think or feel?  I'm realizing there's a whole 'nother part of me that I've kept burried deep under all these titles.  I have opinions; opinions that just might tick some people off.  Opinions that I've hesitated to release from the depths of my insides just to 'keep the peace' or so I wouldn't 'rock the boat'.  Truth is, I don't deal well with confrontation.  I'm not witty or quick on my feet to think during a debate nor do I want to hurt anybody's feelings.  So what do I do?  I just tuck it all inside and just keep telling myself 'it doesn't matter'.  That 'it doesn't matter' attitude eventually turns into 'I don't matter'.  And when I feel like I don't matter then all of the titles & jobs that I hold dear begin to fall to the wayside.  I don't make the greatest decisions.  Why should I?  After all...I don't matter, right?  Wrong!  I want to be the best mom, the best wife, the best everything I am that I can be.  Ladies & Gentlemen....it's time to matter.