August 29, 2022: The Power of Friendship on my birthday

Today is my birthday. With so many of my former friends ending their friendships with me, I thought this year would be worse than others. At least in years past I got a couple Happy Birthdays, but this years I wasn’t expecting any. Well that changed when during class I got a Happy Birthday text from the only person that still talks to me. Then later in the day I got a phone call from her to wish me Happy Birthday. Both were nice extremely nice and made my birthday not a total stinker. I had plans to make myself blueberry muffins for my birthday, but didn’t feel in the right mental state to make them. So, I just went on with my birthday, figuring a phone call and text from one person would be all. Little did I know, while I was getting my shower, my dogs were barking, I figured it was just someone walking in front of the house, but to my surprise it was the friend that still talks to me, with birthday presents. Her and her daughter brought me a balloon, a bottle of Pepsi, blueberry muffins, and Cheese Doodles. She said it only something small, but to me it was larger thank life. Someone actually cared enough to bring me a birthday present and make my birthday amazing. True friends are the one’s that show up when it matters the most. She will never know how truly special it was for me. It was so amazing I made a YouTube video about the power of friendship and am now using this blog post to talk about it. After they left I took a picture and put it on Instagram because it was truly amazing and I wanted to share. Funny thing is not a single one of my friends on Instagram could even wish me a happy birthday.

This just goes to show the power of kindness and caring for people and showing up when it matters the most. You never know the impact you are going to have on someone’s day or even life. Be the person that shows up, not the person that abandons your friend when they need you most. The amazing good deed from my friend, my true friend and her daughter took a bad mental health day from it being my birthday and only one person caring and for it being the first day of nursing school that I am just doing as a formality and will be kicked out either this semester or next. Spread kindness not hate. It only took a second for her to make my day better with a text something no one else was able to do. Take that second from your day, because you will make someone else’s day better and in return you will receive an amazing reward from the gratitude they will show you. Care about people, because no one in perfect and we all have trial in our lives. Mental health is easier to maintain when you know even just one person cares.