The Source..

This might be the first year I have not written a birthday post on time. I am like a month and some late. But yeah, I had the blessing of celebrating another year in life and this time it was the big 4-0. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do but I eventually ended up with the idea of Cuba with my nearest and dearest. It was a total of 17 people, mostly family but it was the greatest thing. Cuba is not for the faint of heart when it comes to planning. I did A LOT of research and was stressing a lot. In fact, I cried a lot on Day 1 but then thank God that was the worst day and everything went up from there. We had a great time. I felt a lot of love and I am so glad it happened. Turning 40 is weird. Weird because I can't believe it's here. It's something I have talked about with so many different friends and now we are at the place where we check the boxes of age group 35-40. Bizarre. I am thankful for the life I have now. I am thankful for the person I am now and the growth

 A dear reader has been pestering me for a new post for A WHILE now and I promised her I will. Life has been lifing and time kept passing by. I'd been wondering on what to write about and decided to talk about how friendships evolve as you get older and go through stages in life. I have always said that my friendships have been a blessing in my life. I moved to this country young and didn't have much family around so my friends became my family. This probably what feeds into how intense I am about my friendships. That intensity came with very high expectations and I wanted so much reciprocated (I know better now) Friend is also a strong word. Sometimes you are cool with people but they are not in your inner circle or they consider you more of a friend than you do them and vice versa.  When I lost my mom, there were certain "friendships" I lost. Some may consider me being a diva but I wasn't comfortable being "friends" with people who aren't bothered