1/4 of a century

“25 years and my life is still tryin’ to get up that great big hill of hope for a destination,” as stated in the 4 Non Blondes’ song What’s Up?

In order to express my gratitude as I enter a new age, I am writing this letter. I’m sitting here at my favorite spot, enjoying a hot cup of tea with milk and some french fries while listening to the sound of the rain outside. I requested a leave of absence today so that I could spend time alone on March 1.

First and foremost, praise Allah always. I am grateful for everything that He has given me, including my health, wealth, and a life filled with ups and downs like a roller coaster, despite this, I am able to keep getting up. I constantly think about Him despite the good and bad things that follow one another. I consider myself one of the fortunate ones. I always feel sufficient in everything, allowing me to be thankful every day.

I’ll now turn to my family. My mother, who is worried about my future. I appreciate you waking me up at nine every morning. Even when I have a call meeting while laying on my bed, she won’t let me be late to work. Despite the fact that I don’t typically eat breakfast, she consistently prepares the same meal for me. When she’s not being lazy, she tries to prepare food for my lunch so I can save money. She questioned whether or not I wanted the side dish. Since I am not the’middle child,’ I care about all of my sisters and brothers. although I never let it show. I wish them the very best in life. Living in peace and making the small family happy.

My favorite human form, More, my future husband. I appreciate your continued concern for me. You are the only one who truly understands me, as evidenced by your patience and genuineness. Words are inadequate to adequately express how I feel when I am in your presence. I can be myself, and that is more important than anything else. We met when I was 22 and it’s amazing that we are still together. I value your efforts in helping us accomplish our goals for this year. I am confident that I made the right choice in a partner because of your responsibility and respect.

I’d like to express my gratitude to all of my friends — college, high school, and junior high — whom I can’t name one by one individually. Never consider that I have a large number of thoughtful, loyal, fun-loving pals. If sometimes my words unintentionally offend you, I apologize. I appreciate having each of you. I hope we can stay in touch even though I’m married to someone else eventually.

I appreciate the warm welcome I received from my coworker, the new lead, and the teams. Instruct me effectively as a leader would. I simply want to express my gratitude for making my job more comfortable, even though I just think of you as my coworkers and not as close of friends as the rest of my friends. I want to extend a special thanks to the previous lead, without whom I would not be able to join this office.

I am extremely grateful for what you have done, my precious, innocent, and lovely self. To continue living, to continue progressing, to never stop going no matter what happens in the future, no, yeah, I do matter because others say I am a thinker lol, to keep growing while a bit in tears. Nevertheless, you’re cool, sis! Keep going!

The song by 4 Non Blondes is continued in

American Author’s Believer: “I’m just a believer that things will get better”.

Love,
Lisa