I wonโt lie, Iโm overwhelmedโฆ but in a good way.
This birthday came with a lot on my chest. It hasnโt been easy at all, but right in the middle of everything, the love you all showed me carried me through.
The calls, the messages, the prayers, the people that checked in and showed upโฆ it meant more than you know. Yesterday especially, I didnโt even have the strength for anything, but reading your messages gave me just enough to keep going.
Moments like this remind me that people are truly everything. Having good people around you is something money canโt buy, and Iโm grateful for every single one of you.
God bless you all for me ๐๐พ
I appreciate you deeply, more than I can even explain.
Thank you all so so much ๐ซถ๐ฝ๐ซถ๐ฝ๐ซถ๐ฝ
Itโs my birthday todayโฆ
and this one feels different.
My first birthday without my mom.
Iโm in Nigeria right now, not even celebrating, but preparing to lay her to rest. Life didnโt even give me time to catch my breathโฆ it just kept moving.
I wonโt lie, this is heavy.
This is not how I imagined Iโd be stepping into a new year.
But even in all of this, God is still God.
Iโm still here.
Iโm still breathing.
Iโm still standingโฆ and I donโt take that for granted.
I miss her in ways I canโt even explain.
Thereโs a space in my life that nothing can fill.
But I carry her with me.
In my heart.
In my strength.
In the way Iโm still pushing, even on the hardest days.
This birthday might not come with joy, or noise, or celebrationโฆ
but it still means something.
It means I survived days that tried to break me.
It means thereโs still purpose attached to my life.
It means God is not done with me yet.
So as I step into this new year, even in painโฆ
Iโm grateful.
For life.
For strength.
For the grace to keep going.
God, hold me.
Comfort me.
Carry me through what I donโt even have words for.
Happy birthday to me.