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2024 Wasn’t the Year I Wanted, but It Was the Year I Grew.
Dear 2024,
I greeted you with open arms,
full of hope and plans for a simpler life.
I thought I was ready,
But you had other lessons for me.
You came not as a partner in peace,
but as a teacher of turbulence.
You threw me into storms I never chose,
questions I didn’t know how to answer,
and weights I wasn’t sure I could carry.
You tested my patience, my resilience,
my faith in myself and in others.
I felt anger, exhaustion, and frustration —
angry at choices made, at situations beyond my control,
and at the way life refuses to go as expected.
But at the darkest of sleepless nights,
I stumbled upon something unexpected.
You made me kneel — not in defeat, but in prayer —
and showed me the power of gratitude.
Amid chaos, you revealed:
health to endure,
blessings to support,
and love that refuses to break,
even under the heaviest weight.
