page 47 of growing oddities | a love letter to my friends on my birthday
1.15.2023
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| Photo by Qilah. It was a beautiful day in 2022. |
to my mother's prayers for my well-being and smooth sailing
comes in the form of you,
Of impromptu lunch trips to the mall nearby,
Of rushing to the movies to still come in late,
Of ice cream hunting after a long, hard day of work,
Of laughing to tears from the most random things,
Of seeing sunsets from afar in the backseat of the car.
The answer
to my father's prayers for my happiness and health
comes in the form of you,
Of you making sure I don't eat overly spicy things,
Of you making sure I eat when I forget to,
Of you taking me out on some blue holidays,
Of you holding me back in front of bookstores and pastry shops when I'm penniless,
Of you holding my hand whenever we're crossing roads.
The answer
to my many prayers
came when we became friends,
And forevermore,
I'll love you,
I am eternally grateful
to have you in my life.
230111/to my friends, but especially to alfa, silah and qilah who have been here since 2018. i love you guys, to the moon and to saturn and back.
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| A sneak peek to my 22nd birthday celebration. Not a lot of pictures because I'm cursed when it comes to pictures but that's okay HAHAHA. |
I turned 22 on the 11th and it was such a wonderful day. My friends deserve so much for spending the day with me, I was so happy. I have always been a crier birthday girl, since I was a teenager, so the fact that I didn't cry at all during my birthday, and the only time I almost teared up was due to being too happy... you have no idea how much that meant to me. May all of my friends and of course, my parents, are blessed with happiness until the end of their lives and granted Jannah in the hereafter, aamiin.
On a side note, this poem was titled "this is love... i think" on my note app and I think that's beautiful. I think it's beautiful that despite have not ever been in love, I learned so much about love from my friendships. Not just with them but also with my best friends from high school, with my ex-roommates and so many other people. I'm sure I'll learn more about love when I'm actually in love but the fact that you can learn so much, have so much and give so much just by having friendships... isn't that crazy and magical?
page 45 of growing oddities | tiny reasons to live
1.02.2023
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| Photo by yours truly. Even as I rushed home because it was Maghrib, I still stopped to take this one because it was such a beautiful sight. |
A stranger opening the door for you with a smile on their face,
Accidental music findings and the kind of butterfly you've never seen before,
Foods that don't look so good but are heaven on your tongue.
A dog following you all the way home from a safe distance as if it's guarding you,
Genuinely good guys offering to help you with your heavy stuff,
Exciting new first times and the kind of smile you've never seen on your face before,
First "I love you"s to and from the people you never thought would be your friends.
The smile on your mom's face when you crack a little joke,
Another lengthy motivational talk from your old man,
Another night watching a movie that would be your favourite with your brothers,
Watching people from the sidewalk, seeing things in slow motion,
A warm hand wrapping yours on a cold day.
A cat purring in your lap to comfort you after a long hard day,
Up all night video chatting with your long-distance best friends,
Kind-hearted friends with kind-hearted cursing after they find out another way you sabotaged yourself,
How the grass smells on a sunny day reminds you of your grandparents' house.
A hug from a loved one and the way their smell lingers on you for a while afterwards,
Kisses on your forehead, pats on your head, and the "you did well"s,
The way the stars appear on a cloudy night on the days you're missing someone,
The quiet and the hopefulness of the dawn,
The way these little things touched your heart because He willed them,
And you'll find another reason to live each day,
and another,
and another.
221226/listening to: you're on your own kid - taylor swift
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Happy new year everyone! This was supposed to be posted during New Year's Eve, but I got sidetracked from posting it on time and here we are. I wish everyone a terrific year and may 2023 be our best year yet! I wish that everyone will always see those little things to be grateful for and that even during the most challenging days, we'll find the beautiful tiny reasons to live.
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