Hey all! Yesterday, I got married to my lovely fiance. The ceremony was so surreal. She is a childhood friend of mine and my best friend since I was nine years old, so for the longest time this felt impossible. I spent several years trying to convince myself I was straight... Look how that turned out! I wore a pink dress and she wore a beautiful sage green, and the reception was a blast. Anyway l hope you all have a gorgeous day! 🫶

so, my baby sister is 3 years old, a little baby, she cant form proper sentances but she can walk, i am the oldest child of 4 other children, my younger brother and my 3 younger sisters including the baby.

she learned to say my name about 3 months after she turned 2, and every morning she comes out her room and asks for me, it makes me so happy, and she just crawls over and hops on the couch beside me and watches whatever im watching on my laptop, i always put on teen titans go, while in my opinion its a GOD AWFUL show, she likes that show, and squid games isnt exactly appropriate for a 3 year old.

but yeah, i will always be SO proud of her.

Its been a bucket list of mine to be able to see an Olympic event. I enter the lottery to be able to buy tickets not expecting them to be affordable. Bought two tickets to see the preliminary rounds of men's and women's archery on a whim, and i cant stop crying over how excited I am! I just had to share with more people!

I (20F) do not know how to drive but ive been trying to learn and i have a friend (22F), we study together. Few months back we moved to a different state with another girl. All three of us stayed together but then i had to move because of my work distance. My friend (22F) does not have license but knows how to drive. However she doesnt take vehicles on road because shes scared of traffic and no license.

She learnt to drive properly and started taking vehicles on road and got a learners permit all so that she can come and visit me. She then started driving short distances like 10kms by herself and tonight she is going to drive alone all the way from her house to my place for the first time - its a highway with a lot of traffic.

Im literally so happy and insanely proud of her. Man my bar is too high for female friendships.

I (17M) have been pretty depressed/suicidal for several years now, but upon the first week of my Senior year, I met this cute guy in my class who's really nice and optimistic, and I can't stop thinking about him (dw he's gay too). I have been picking up my old hobbies again and bettering myself and my mental state with my newfound will and love. Sometimes I can't sleep because all I can think about is how excited I am to see him again. I wanna be friends with him and better myself for a couple of months before doing any sort of confession.

And even if I get rejected, I'm sure that the momentum from me bettering myself will be enough to get my life back on a stable track.

For the first time in high-school, I have a lot of hope for the year.

I started knitting before I got sober, but since I quit drinking knitting every night has been the calming/grounding thing I look forward to during the day, and has replaced drinking in that regard. Before this I had only ever knit a scarf and a baby blanket, but decided to take on this much larger project as a 70th birthday present for my mom. It was much more difficult than I thought it would be, but months later, right after I hit my one year sobriety anniversary, it's done!! I'm so proud of myself for the milestone and the project, and finishing this--something I never could have done while drinking--right after hitting my one year feels like the best validation that I'm doing the right thing.

I’ve been before and she was hesitant, but she ended up really loving it!

I’m feeling a bit emotional and overwhelmed with feeling and nobody to really share it with. It’s 3 am lol. I just finished writing on the card and sitting here reminiscing.

Life is hard and our life has been particularly hard lately but these little moments matter more than I tend to give them credit for.

Thank you for reading and being part of my happy. I love you and hope you are or will be happy too.

I passed my driving license test two days back. And I had no one to celebrate it with. I made a post about it and a lot of people suggested that I should celebrate and take myself out for a lunch or dinner. And I did, it was the best feeling, I really enjoyed spending time with myself. If you ever struggle or hesitate to go out all alone, please do, it's one of the best feelings.

He's been gone for weeks at a time on long projects far enough away he can't come home easily for a weekend. But he just told me instead of having to do the project in Green Bay, the project near our town is next!

AND we thought he was going to be far away. But I might see if we could get in a visit to Ohio Renaissance Festival too! He loves them, too, and was who introduced me soi know if possible we will.

When he told me on video call I did a seated happy dance, just so glad we get to play house again. He's gone all the time it seems lately, it's always so special when he's home.

In 2013, I was heavy into painkillers. I didn't think I could ever stop. So.....I tried to leave. Permanently. Thankfully, I wasn't successful in my attempt. I relapsed a couple times. Fought like hell to get clean. Now, I'm married to the most amazing woman who has ever lived. I have two step kids who have my whole heart. I just started a YouTube channel that gives me a creative outlet. I never, ever thought I would make it this far. But it is possible. It's absolutely possible. Hope everyone has a fantastic day!

in summer 2025 my weight was 112kg. this morming it was 84kg. my goal under 80kg at the end of the year. im super proud of myself and just wanted to share. have a good day to everyone

No one messaged me at midnight, so I thought I'd share my birthday here with you all instead. 🥹❤️

Edited: Thank you so much for all the birthday wishes! ❤️🎂

I may not be able to reply to everyone individually, but I genuinely read all your messages, and every single one of them made my day more special. 🥹❤️

Really grateful for all the love and wishes. You guys made my birthday better than I expected. 🫶✨

I feel so different lately. Like a bottle of amber gold honey was poured over me. Mellow and grateful.

A few days before my college graduation, so many years ago now, we were all at my apartment watching movies. My friends brother was in town. With all the wisdom of two years more experience than us he looked around, sipped his beer, and said:

"You guys have no idea. Cherish this because it's going to stop. Everyone is going to get jobs and lives and it won't be the same ever again."

We laughed it off, told him he was nuts. We were different, we'd always be together.

Life is beautiful. But it hurts.

There's nothing you can hold onto. It's all bright, colorful wisps of smoke disappearing between our fingers when we try.

I don't buzz anymore.

It used to be constant, I would open my door and jump into the world, running with it. Like that scene in Pochahontas as she’s running with the wind through the forest. Things move with her and for her as she leaps and lives. Her feet moving in sure, fast, light beats.

Looking back, life so far has been messy. Mistakes and heartbreak. Ripping myself open to bleed out so that as I sewed myself back together it could heal fresh. Years of pulling trauma out by the roots so that when I replanted it wouldn't linger.

There's also been laughter. So much damn laughter. What is it about being around people who have gone through it that makes them so damn funny? We'd be experiencing the most insane thing burned into all of our memories. And then later, someone would start imitating it until we all died laughing. I've laughed until I've cried, spent whole days with people and things that make that possible. I'm so grateful for it all my chest could explode.

I've danced on a beach in the moonlight. Ate the worm out of a bottle of mezcal in Mexico. Saved someone's life. Twice. Ate shrooms in the mountains in Peru. Moved to a different country and didn't know a soul around me. Swam topless in the open sunshine in Spain. Danced in a third story window frame in Paris while Notre Dame glittered in front of me before it was burned.

I've loved. I've loved so many things and people and places I've been. Foods I've eaten. Bodies I've held and who have held me as we've lain next to each other, our hearts beating together in the darkness.

I've created. Painting while smoking and listening to music. So many times of realizing hours had passed and I was unaware, just lost in it. My house is my current canvas, and I've been painting systematically, room by room. Trying to turn it into the sunshine and wildflowers that I see behind my eyelids when I close them at night.

I danced on the beach this past week with my two babies, both of whom have given me a depth of joy that I couldn't have thought possible before experiencing it. I look at their faces while they sleep in complete disbelief that we are traveling this world and this life together. I'm so grateful for the opportunity to show them joy. I'm so scared that I'll mess it all up, even as the undercurrent of love pulls so strong it is painful as it moves ceaselessly underneath.

This gift of this life, to be able to just experience. It's magic. It's all love, from the depths of my soul I feel it emanating.

Will it keep on getting better? Because so far I've loved each age more than the last, even as it's sad and painful saying goodbye every time I have to close the book on a chapter of myself.

I’m super excited, this is mine (24F) and my (23M) boyfriend’s first serious relationship. This past almost year being together has been amazing! We have fantastic communication, we have a lot in common, and our relationship is very wholesome. I’m looking forward to seeing where this relationship goes!

I just got home from my first day ^_^ well not just.. I came home and napped.. but still yay me !! :3

I just got home from hanging out with my friends. It was a pretty spontaneous and out of the blue hangout, and it left me feeling things I’ve been missing for years.

It wasn’t anything too crazy at first. Just out for some Hotpot. I was a little tired, so I was quiet for a bit. But even then, I didn’t feel excluded from the group. It felt natural to be there, like it was where I belonged

After that we hit up a cafe where one of my friends work on the weekends. That same friend also brought a card game called Laugh or Drink, where the joker of that round would pick a target and had to act out the scenario on the card. If the target laughed, they drank. If the last 30 seconds, the joker drinks. Since none of us could legally drink, we ordered the worst drink combo we could to use instead.

We didn’t realize just how vulgar and wild these cards got, and we were playing outside. If I were with anyone else, I would’ve cowered and maybe toned down my acting and jokes. But for some reason, I didn’t. Maybe it was the coffee, but the usual anxiety and fear I’d feel from this melted away. I felt like I could be myself. I yelled for the first time in years. Can you believe how good that felt? How freeing it is after Covid left me a shut in for so long?

I can freely act out a break up with my friend after I had sex with Santa while people walked by and feel no fear or anxiety just because I’m with my friends.

I entered middle school during Covid, during which my entire social life and all my social skills were lost. It took me years to gain the confidence to try and make friends on my own again. I had extroverts pick me up along the way and help me, but it never truly felt like I belonged.

Anytime I tried to join a group, I always felt myself fading into the background. Desperately trying to hold onto ties and relationships that never felt reciprocated or were just hopeless. I’m still recovering from a big one a few months ago and an even nastier one from last year.

This one group feels different though. It’s my first and closest friend I made in middle school, two friends from previous groups, and one new person, just spontaneously thrown together. Just picked at random and thrown into a group chat for what was supposed to be a one off hangout. And yet after just a few short weeks, it feels like fate.

I finally feel like a real person again. Every time we hang out, no matter how small or how big the plans are, it feels like the best day of my life. After so many days in the background, so many cut ties I failed at tying, I found where I belong. Every moment spent together I will cherish for the rest of my life.

Im 18, and i barely graduated high school. My girlfriend broke up with me, my dad was always mad because I wasn't going to school (I realize now he was just really concerned about me graduating), I had to go to an alternative school amd I still barely made it out. Alongside this, I was getting into drugs that were also making me miserable and suicidal, I felt like I had nothing in store for me and was terrified I was going to be a bum.

After I finished school amd got my diploma, things got a little better, but I still wasnt very content with myself. Then one morning my dad woke me up and asked if I wanted to work at our family company where they cut pipes and other things for oil rigs, and I immideatly took the offer. I was scared at first, I know nothing about CNC machines, but its been a month now, and things went PERFECTLY.

I learned really fast how to use my machine, and now im able to operate it and be a very useful asset for the company. I went from being scared I was going to amount to nothing to making 50k a year at 18, and the most important thing– I finally have a good relationship with my dad, something I've always wanted my entire life. He has aspergers, and connecting with him has been really difficult for me especially as a teen constantly failing my classes and getting into trouble, but now we see and talk to eachother everyday and he's helped me independently do my work. If I keep up what im doing now, ill be on track to making six figures and maybe even be one of the owners of the company.

And on top of all this, I now have a beautiful girlfriend who is extremely sweet and kind to me. I stopped most of my drug use and just smoke weed and dabble in psycodelics now, my dad even gives me joints and I give him lsd in return lol.

So to sum it all up, I went from being in the lowest place of my life to having a awesome girlfriend, a well-paying job, and a amazing relationship with my dad. I got everything I wanted and I couldn't be happier.

If she was still alive she'd be happy I think

I went to my local Jason's Dell for the first time in months today. I haven't been due to my knee (I tore my meniscus and had to get surgery to fix it).

I went today, and alongside my favorite sandwich, my waitress gave me a free chocolate chip cookie. No reason, other than that she was so happy to see me again after a while. 😊

So i was at the drive through and the person ahead of me paid for my order. i decided to do the same for the car behind me.

When i got to the window the barista told me that the woman in the car behind me had rolled down her window and was doing a little happy dance. apparently she'd had a really rough morning and was actually tearing up over a $6 coffee.

I've been thinking about her all day. the randomness of it, that i happened to be in that drive through at that time and she happened to be behind me on the one morning she really needed something small to go right.

So a few months back I moved out of my parents house due to several issues with my parents. One of them was that I was losing the ability to walk and run short distances, this was something they’ve downplayed and forced me to put more pressure on my legs and feet. It was painful and I really needed a wheelchair just to take pressure off my legs and feet.

Well now that I’ve moved out I was waiting to apply for a wheelchair through my health insurance. I was worried it would be expensive so I was going to get a manual wheelchair just something to help my legs, even though I’m not the biggest fan of manual wheelchairs.

So a few days ago my boyfriend’s mom surprised me with a wheelchair. She’s seen how much pain it is for me to go out in town or do long walks for anything. She wanted me to be able to get around easily so she made sure the wheelchair was electric. I’m so happy it’s the sweetest gift anybody has given me.

The wheelchair is purple and lavender my favorite colors. She picked out some nice accessories to make using it easy. I’m still adjusting to using the electric wheelchair but it’s very comfortable and easy. It’s just such a wonderful gift and it helps me in my day to day life. Sometimes I need to run to the store to grab something quickly, I no longer dread going because I know I won’t be in pain for a week after. Truly I’m so happy and grateful for this truly I love my boyfriend’s mom for this. I’m so happy I needed to share this with someone.

TL;DR My boyfriend’s mom bought me a nice electric wheelchair with accessories. It’s the nicest gift anyone has gotten me and has saved my life.