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My friends made my 30th bday photoshoot possible.pt1 Just a few of my fave shots. Especially the last one. Very natural 🤣🤣
Thank you to my lovely photographer 🤭 I appreciate you so much ✨♥️😘

Back to the Root (Personal Reflection: Long Read)

These photos were taken in May 2025, during a season that quietly reshaped me.

At the time, everything felt heavy. There was a sudden shift I did not expect, and it affected me more deeply than I realized. But that morning, after a long while, I woke up feeling light. Clear. So I picked up my newly bought camera (an impulsive purchase, honestly at that time) and took these photos without overthinking it.

Looking back now, I see that the shift I resisted was the shift I needed.

During that season, I was willing to compromise many things for certain situations, even my faith. When a mishap happened and I felt like I was dropped without a chance to redeem myself, it forced me to confront something I had been avoiding. Nothing was worth losing my faith over. Nothing was worth drifting away from the One who created me, who sees me fully, and who holds my future.

That was the moment I stopped fighting and chose to surrender.

I brought into the light the things I had kept hidden in the dark. And by the grace of God, what once felt like brokenness is now something He can use. Being a broken vessel in His hands, allowed to reach others and point them to the Gospel, is a blessing I do not take lightly.

This journey is still ongoing. There are still moments. But my roots are deeper now. And that makes all the difference.

As it is written:

“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8:38–39

Still growing. Still surrendering. Still held.
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