Grieving Lost Dreams 🌹

Come come sit with me, grab yourself a drink and pull up a chair. Have you ever had one of those weeks… or maybe even months… where you feel like you’re grieving, but you’re not fully sure what you’re grieving about? I realized my grief was about lost dreams. You know… we all carry these pictures in our heads of how we think life is going to look. The things we thought we would have by now. The people we thought would still be beside us. The moments we were sure would happen one day. But then time passes… and some of those dreams never get fulfilled the way we imagined they would. Some of those dreams have truly passed on… and honestly, that hurts. The strange thing is, you think you’ve let them go. You think you’ve made peace with them. But then out of nowhere, they pop back up unexpectedly… and you realize the ache is still there. I think sometimes we grieve the life we thought we would have by a certain age. Maybe we pictured marriage, children, more security, a di...
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It’s My Birthday… and I Still Need Cake 🎂

Come, come sit with me. Grab your drink and pull up a chair…

Ssssoooo… guess what?

It’s going to be my birthday soon… and I just love my birthday. 😂

Getting older has never bothered me.

Not even a little.

My parents were not wealthy…

But on our birthdays?

We always had pizza and birthday cake.

And let me tell you…

That felt like everything.

It wasn’t about big gifts or fancy parties.

It was about:
being together
laughing
and knowing that this day was yours.

And to this day?

I still have to have birthday cake on my birthday. 😂

Like… it’s not even optional.

It doesn’t feel like my birthday without it.

Mmm… down memory lane…

I was in my early twenties, and we were going dancing — my brother, my cousin, my friend — meeting up with a bunch of people.

I remember walking into the bar…

And somehow… I kind of walked out by myself. 😂

I won’t give you all the details…

But let’s just say…

I was still feeling it the next morning.

And honestly…

Those are the kinds of birthday memories that stay with you.

Or you have one of those birthdays…

Where your bestie cooks dinner… or you order something in…

And you’re sitting around the table with the rest of the family.

Everyone’s talking.
There’s laughter.
Stories going back and forth.

And then…

You get your cake.

Those moments?

They’re everything.

They make my heart feel full of love.

And really…

When you think about it…

Most of us don’t need a lot.

Just a call.
A text.
An email that says…

“Hey… happy birthday.”

That’s it.

That’s the moment.

✨ Whisper: “Sometimes the simplest celebrations are the ones that fill the heart the most.”

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