20/09/2026
๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐๐โผ๏ธ
+๐ญ โ ๐๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ, ๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒโผ๏ธ
As I celebrate another year of my life, I realize that itโs not just my age that has increasedโ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ ๐
Today, I want to greet myself:
๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐ข ๐ ๐โผ๏ธ ๐
The past year may not have been perfect, but every challenge, tear, mistake, achievement, and blessing has become part of the person God is continually shaping me to be.
And above all, I am grateful for the people who have become part of my life. โค๏ธ
โค๏ธ ๐ง๐ผ ๐ ๐ ๐ช๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ปโผ๏ธ
You are among the greatest reasons why I continue to fight, work hard, and keep moving forward.
Through every exhaustion, struggle, and sacrifice, you remind me why I need to keep going.
๐ง๐ผ ๐บ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ: Thank you for your love, understanding, patience, and for walking beside me through this journey called life.
I may not be a perfect husband, but I will always pray that God gives me the wisdom, strength, and heart to become the husband and father that our family deserves.
๐ง๐ผ ๐บ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป: You are one of my greatest inspirations.
Every dream I have is no longer only for myselfโit is also for your future. โค๏ธ
I cannot promise that everything will always be easy, but I can promise that ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐บ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐โ
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง ๐ง๐ผ ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐โผ๏ธ
๐ก๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ & ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐, ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผโ
Wherever I am today, a great part of it is because of your love, sacrifices, guidance, upbringing, and the lessons you have taught me throughout my life.
And to my ๐๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, thank you for being part of my life.
Even though we may have different paths and our own lives to live, you will always have a special place in my heart and in my prayers.
As I grow older, I understand more deeply that ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐โ
๐ ๐ง๐ผ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ตโผ๏ธ
To all my ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐, thank you for your prayers, encouragement, advice, fellowship, and love.
Thank you to everyone whom God has used to strengthen my faith during the moments when I felt weak.
May we continue to help one another grow in faith and remain focused on ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐, because everything we have is ultimately because of His grace. ๐โค๏ธ
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ผ ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐โผ๏ธ
Thank you for your love, greetings, and for being part of my life.
We may not always be together, but I thank God that I have a family whom I can lean on and consider an important part of my journey.
๐ค ๐ง๐ผ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ & ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐โผ๏ธ
To my true friends who have been there not only during the happy moments but also during the difficult seasons of lifeโ
๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ ๐จ๐๐โ
Thank you for the laughter, conversations, advice, encouragement, and even the simple presence that sometimes means more than you realize.
We may not know exactly where life will take us, but I am grateful that you have become part of my journey.
๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ผ ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณโฆ
๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณโผ๏ธ โค๏ธ
+๐ญ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟโ
+1 year of lessons.
+1 year of experiences.
+1 year of challenges.
+1 year of answered prayers.
+1 year of God's grace.
I don't have to be perfect.
What matters is that ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป, ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป, ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ
As I enter another year of my life, my prayer is not simply:
๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ, ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒโ
But rather:
โ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ, ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ, ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ, ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ leader ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐น, ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐. ๐
If there are dreams that have not yet come true, I will trust Your perfect timing, Lord.
If there are doors that have not yet opened, ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ดโ
And if there are more challenges ahead, ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑโ
Because I know that I don't have to face another year of my life alone.
๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐บ๐ฒ.
๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐บ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐.
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐โ ๐โค๏ธ
๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐ข ๐ ๐โ
๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ, ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ, ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ'๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒโ
โจ +๐ญ โ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต. ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ. ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒโ
๐ ๐ง๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐โ
And to everyone who has remembered me todayโ
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐, ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐โ
To my family, brothers and sisters in faith, relatives, and friends:
๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฌโ โค๏ธ
Thank you, everyone. I truly appreciate and love you all! ๐โค๏ธ
