I am so grateful for 28 years of life! In reflection I realized that the dark days feel so dark when you forget to focus on how much light there really has been in life

I have had a lot of breakthroughs this past year

Something I want to remember in this next year of life is despite the last year being the best year of my life, I still faced a lot of difficult moments that felt like they’d never end

But I didn’t give up and now I can look back to be able to see and say it was better than I could’ve ever imagined. It’s sad how easy it is to lose sight of the blessings when we are caught up in the bumps along the way

I also finally started to conceptualize something I’ve been stewing on for awhile which is “she laughs without fear of the future” from the book of proverbs in the Bible describing a Godly woman

It hit me recently that to laugh without fear of the future means letting all the proof from the living word and the truths of my own life and all the way God has shown up and pulled through for me be the proof that I don’t have to worry about tomorrow as much as I do but rather I can laugh because the peace that Gods got it figured out

Another major lesson learned was how much the exercise of autonomy in my life has led to more difficulty than peace. Autonomy is what led eve to eat the forbidden fruit

I desire to let God lead me in my life and when I started to identify where I was exercising autonomy and let it go, more started to fall into place

All of these lessons are like seeds I am watering and will continue to try to harvest in my life

That said, thanks for being part of my life. I actually share quite openly and vulnerably on here and truly feel that y’all have an insight into my life that is intimate

I value making an impact and having the freedom to share knowing that this is a way to feed the value I have of love

To share is to love others because I believe that freeing the truths of my life has led to deeper reflections or connections from and with others

Thank you for sharing such kind words in celebration of my birthday on the 5th & my engagement to the man of my dreams🩵🙏🏻