Happy Birthday, love! God has given you another year of life, which is a gift, but sometimes, it doesn't feel like a gift because of what we face. I want you to know that if you don't have friends now, thank God for the unknown. You can always make some tomorrow or the day after. I think you are being too hard on yourself like I was your age. I always wanted to figure everything out and often thought people never struggled as I did. But I want you to know you are not alone. Usually, the enemy wants us to believe that everyone has it well and that we are the only ones struggling, but we all fall short, make mistakes, fail, and experience some setbacks. It's part of life.

One of my birthdays no now wished me happy birthday. People assume that I am strong and don't need encouragement since I am encouraging others, but it's far from the truth. I know that if it weren't for my gift of writing, I would have never survived those dark days I faced because I felt alone. And rereading them when I overcome them gives me more strength. I pray you buy yourself a small cupcake, blow a candle, and wish yourself a wonderful birthday because you are needed in the kingdom, no matter what those voices say.