Aches of Growth
2025! I grew Part One: The Year's Tender Awakening Last year, in those quiet moments of collective hope, my friends gathered their prayers like fragile petals, imploring the heavens to gently remove me from God's roster of the strongest soldiers. The past years had been shadowed by loss; friends slipping away to the cold, unyielding hands of life, leaving echoes that lingered too long. This year, their deepest wish was simple: happiness for me. And for most of its winding path, I embraced it fully, letting joy wrap around me like a soft, unexpected blanket. The dawn of 2025 unfolded with such promise and vibrancy. I transformed my home, brushing fresh paint across walls that now breathed with new life and color. Then came that monumental seven-figure deal, a triumph that felt like the universe's own handshake, solid and reassuring. My partner and I moved in effortless harmony, our rhythms perfectly aligned, as if we were dancing to the same hidden melody....
