Not Changing, Just Blooming.🌸

26/07

My favourite day of the year.

Taps mic…

I took the time I needed to feel, dwell, and just reminisce on my last days as a teen.

I've always been an adult, or at least I have always felt like one. But today, I become a young woman.

Wow. (I honestly feel like I'm a child trapped in this body).

Scratch that.

My parents- my mum especially, never joked with my birthdays.

She'd get me a cake, buy me a dress. My dad would give me a present, and l'd get something sweet on that day.

I remember my 16th birthday so vividly. I was in SS3, completing my external exams- basically done with secondary school. That morning, I used my teacher's phone to call my mum and practically begged her to do something cute. My classmates decided to follow me home that day, all of them.

I literally almost cried, how and why? So sudden?

I got home and there it was: The most beautiful setup, with different varieties of food and drinks. I was too overjoyed to even cry. Gosh!

My exact reaction.

The phrase “there is love at home” is something I’ll always hold dear, because truly - there is.

From graduations to celebrating the smallest milestones, I learned it all from them.

My first birthday away from them was my 18th because of university and being on a different continent. Maybe that's why my 16th will always be etched in my heart.

I should also add:

I have always been an A+ student.

To my parents, it's just another day and I'm perfect in that regard. But even academic weapons, need encouragement every now and then, without having to say the magic words;

This exam is actually hard. I'm nervous. I'm scared.

I feel like certain "hards" should be acknowledged always.

In honour of this being my first Substack post, a little

"who is Amara?"

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I'm an ambivert. Very ambitious. Resilient. Intelligent.

I love everything medical. I love God. I love reading books. I love filming and posting vlogs. I’m very creative- I think I’m the queen of DIY. I have 4 siblings.

If I’m hungry, I will be pissed.

I’m severely acrophobic, an ecophile. I moved to Canada for university.

I have a small circle of friends that I absolutely adore.

I want to travel the world and so much more.

I'm a nursing and pre med student. Yes, I'm stacking degrees (spirals with joy). You can tell l'm very passionate about saving lives.

I'm going to be someone's lovely nurse and a future surgeon.

Now, moving on....

Looks at everyone. Inhales, exhales.

This is 20!

My teens owe me nothing.

I'm not changing, just blooming.

Not perfect, just becoming.

Not afraid, just stepping into a new season.

Not shrinking, just shedding old layers.

Not lost, just finding deeper roots.

Not slowing down, just learning to move with grace.

Phewww…

It's a full time job believing in yourself.

Happy birthday, dearest Amara!🎉

2 decades of God's faithfulness.

Thank you, Jesus!

El Roi, you carried me.

Might I add, I know I’m THAT GIRL.

With love,

Amara.🫶