• General,  Self

    “I will be there, I will be the smallest piece in everything…”

    December 3, 2024 /

    I have found an amazing chosen family.

    We had a Friendsgiving a couple weekends ago. My best friends are people I met through our “podcast group”. One of my friends from many years ago started a podcast (a couple of years back), and it’s turned into a big community of friends. There’s a lot of different things that we do in this community (game nights, podcast, book club, etc). A month or so back, I asked about building a website for the community. I launched it last Wednesday, by the way.

    But I digress…

    At our Friendsgiving, we were told there’s a video going live on the YouTube at 8pm so we all had to be present to watch. At 8pm sharp, we were all in the living room at my friend’s house… watching.

    The video that started playing was a Thank You video. For ME. Many of the community members had recorded a thank you video and the podcast / community leader compiled them all into a 6 minute video.

    They also handed me a thank you card.

    I cried, y’all. I cried and cried. I still get teary when I think about it and watch the video.

    I have watched that video about once a day (sometimes more) and looked at the card more times than I can count.

    My chosen family means the world to me. (My blood family does too, but that’s not the point of this post.) I am truly blessed to know them. These people have good in their hearts, they have love in their spirit, they have raggedy in their veins. (hahaha). I love them so very much. I’d do just about anything for them.

    They’re my people. <3

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  • General

    We gotchu, sis. <3

    August 23, 2024 /

    Today a friend is having a hard time. It’s the anniversary of the death of her brother. They were very close.

    She had warned us (the ladies in our “Girl Talk” chat on FB) that she may be quiet today… so we’re all outpouring some love and encouragement to her.

    I told the ladies I thought about sending her a Starbucks drink but wasn’t sure if her husband would know her order… so one of the other ladies that had his number texted him and asked.

    I’m super impressed because dude knew her order down to the last detail, like the extra caramel drizzle on top. THAT is a good husband.

    Now we’re discussing either sending them dinner via Door Dash, or maybe sending her some self-care stuff from Ulta or Sephora.

    I just wanna make her day a little brighter. I may not know what it feels like to lose a sibling, but I do know how hard loss can hit, especially on the anniversary days.

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