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@Shaz51 my birthday is the 14th March. It's just another day for me, nothing special.
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ChasingsunsetsSenior Contributor
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@ENKELI !! Happy Birthday my friend! Thanks for all our awesome chats here on the forum, would love to share my walkers shortbreads with you and a coffee!! Thinking of you 💜
I know it may not always be a Happy feeling day, but i hope it is a time that those who care about you take the time out to deliberately remind you they care and love you and are glad you are here.
@Shaz51 i'm a March birthday, but i wont list the specific date for privacy. 😊
Thank you so much for my beautiful birthday wishes! Huge thanks to our amazing "birthday mum" @Shaz51 for setting up the birthday thread, you are amazing!
I feel very blessed, I didn't do much on the day as it was 37 degrees and I didn't feel like going out in the stinky heat! Mum and my best friend came over and lavished me with lovely gifts (no winning lotto ticket though alas!!)
I am praying for a more peaceful 2026 and am planning to do a trip with my bestie sometime in the year - we celebrated 50 years of friendship in 2024 and we both are now able to celebrate in style! My friend aka Crazy Cat Lady and I have been looking at river cruises and tours of Europe. I have never been to Europe so if anyone has any suggestions on places to visit please share!
Thanks again everyone, as I said I feel blessed that people have sent me messages.
Much love Enkeli xoxo
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ENKELISenior Contributor
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@Chasingsunsets we got a Christmas hamper from the place where my brother works and he mentioned there was shortbread in it. I thought of you as I asked "is it Walkers?"! It was!
Mum was over so we shared a few pieces each and mum agreed with you and I that Walkers is the best shortbread!
happy birthday @Blackcloud hope you have a wonderful day and year ahead.
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AlwaysMyselfSenior Contributor
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Happy birthday @Blackcloud😊. I hope today the sun was shining through the black clouds of depression, shining through the love, care and appreciation people have for you.
Happy birthday @Blackcloud! I hope you have a lovely day! Thanks for all our awesome chats on the forum! I know you like the epic drink that you have posted about before- that I think is so impressive - so just thought I’d send some epic drinks to let you know I am thinking of you!! I know these aren’t the same and yours would taste a lot better. I hope you can go there soon ☺️ and (not the matcha one 😂) 🥳🎉🎊
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BlackcloudSenior Contributor
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Thank you all so much for your birthday wishes, I appreciate them ❤️💗
@AlwaysMyself I love that message you wrote hehe 🙂 yes, I think the sun did kinda shine through the black clouds of depression for me even if it’s just a little ☀️
@Chasingsunsets I’m glad to hear that that drink makes you think of me my friend, it’s very colourful and looks pretty! ❤️🩵
I haven’t been on here to respond that often lately as I’ve been going through a spiral for a while, I’ll mention more about it at another time in a different thread though since I don’t wanna take too much time making a long post in this particular thread haha
On a good note, my mum got me this keychain as a birthday gift and I love it - it’s so cute! 🩵
Aw that keyring is so cute @Blackcloud !! I have been wondering when you might be back for one of the awesome drinks you like !! 🪩💃
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BlackcloudSenior Contributor
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@Chasingsunsets hi my friend, just thought of wanting to clarify it’s actually a ‘parfait’ which is a type of dessert, not a drink 😊
those things are pretty expensive so I only purchase them to eat it at the cafe when necessary especially when it’s during a hot summer day (not everytime but some days)
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ChasingsunsetsSenior Contributor
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😂😂@Blackcloud my bad haha. I was thinking that when I was writing it as I remember the Icecream on the top!! Hehe I hope it can be a good treat some day soon for ya 🤩🫶
I hope that you have a wonderful birthday celebration. I celebrated mine over 3 days so don’t be afraid to drag it out and really spoil yourself. Congratulations on another orbit!
mum took me out to a fancy Cafe for breakfast i went nuts, i had a big brekkie, then i did a bit of shopping at bunnings and just had chinese for dinner.
my partner bought me the most beautiful bracelet made of hand crafted leather and engraved, mum bought me a lotto gift pack.
hugs to all my forum friends im so grateful to have you all in my life. hugs.
Jacques
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ChasingsunsetsSenior Contributor
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That sounds so lovely @Jacques 🤩, what a great day!! Glad it was a lovely day 💜🎉
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TABSenior Contributor
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..Sounds like a good day @Jacques😎.. bit jealy re brekkie and chinese, was looking at bothon recent road trip and did neither, ok had pizza 2x over 2 nights, was really good, but still want chinese and big breakfast lol
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heartathomeSenior Contributor
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You're welcome
Sounds like you've had a great day and that puts a smile on my face @Jacques , I love that you got such a personal gift from your partner! Take good care of you. 💜
@Meowmy gold medal 🥇 Quiet Achiever. You never boast or complain. You are constantly here for your friends. Devoted carer to your mother and work two jobs.
@Meowmy happy birthday darling heart! You are such an important member of the forums, so supportive and caring. I hope your wishes come true and you have a fabulous year xoxo
I heard Casper had a birthday too. Happy birthday to him as well. How old is he? I know he's young.
AI says Pisces is very intuitive and emotionally aware and is deeply compassionate towards others. I think that pretty well describes a big part of you, MissGremlin! 💚
Oh I feel you there, I woke up and got the kids breakfast but I feel so tired. I've had two double shots of coffee. Im trying to tell myself its not tired, its relaxed.
@MissGremlin To be honest things have been improving steadily. More and more i'm learning to walk on my own feet and leave place of safety behind. And the counselling i'm getting is getting real life results ever day.
The encouraging thing is i know that not only am going through the mill my wife is as well. Also she has been doing a lot of soul searching and letting go of bad life. We are both keener than ever to get this resolved the right way..
The hard times come when faith in these things does not seem present and bad life has to be shed, such are the critical times. Where i still struggle badly and i see my wife out doing running away and already well on the way restoring relationships she lost caring for me.
Also staying in contact, although we do not discuss our issues together at all we do provide outcomes and share normal daily activities together.
I've been busy ever since I started uni (bachelors), on top of that, it looks like I'm gonna be starting a cert IV in mental health peer work course soon as well. But I am doing both courses in part-time mode for me to easily balance between both.
I don't really feel like engaging much in the forums these days so doing something to keep me busy is a good way for me to distract myself from having all of these negative thoughts and feelings that would otherwise spiral. I also don't think many people on here really care about me except for like 2 users that I find I'm close to here.
Thank you @Shaz51 that’s great to hear that you do 🌿❤️
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MissGremlinSenior Contributor
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@Blackcloud things are a mess for me at the moment.
I bet uni is keeping you busy and also starting a peer worker certificate aswell. I'm glad you are doing them both part-time, will definitely make it easier to balance them both.
You are cared about for here sweetheart, I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to chat much. I had to really step back and slow things down as I'm not coping myself and find it too overwhelming at times trying to keep up with posts here. But I care about you alot and think about you all the time ❤️. Sending you lots of love and hugs beautiful ❤️
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BunniekinsSenior Contributor
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@MissGremlin hoppy birthday to you sweet heart! may you receive lots of bunny kisses today. lots of love always bun xxx
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MissGremlinSenior Contributor
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Thankyou my sweet @Bunniekins, love you beautiful ❤️.
Happy Birthday @MissGremlin 🥳🎉💐, I hope you have a lovely day, thinking of you!!
happy birthday to the bested boy also for the other day mr Casper 🐶🐾
Also belated birthday wishes @Jynx I hope you had a lovely day 🥳🤩, I did look up happy birthday a psytrance mix to send you haha- nothing grabbed me but then I found “EDM birthday bangers” on Spotify and it has some good tunes 🪩🎶🎉
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CuddlebearSenior Contributor
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@MissGremlin A very happy birthday to you! I love your user name. Gremlins are very cute.
I wish you the very best for the year ahead. I hope you’re having a really good day too.
Thankyou for Caspers birthday wishes, he is getting lots of cuddles today as always ☺️.
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MissGremlinSenior Contributor
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Thankyou @Cuddlebear sweetheart ❤️. Gremlins are very cute, just don't get them wet 😂.
I've been taking the day one second at a time but having the community here means alot. Plus having some friends online that I talk to who really mean the world to me ☺️.
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MeowmySenior Contributor
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@MissGremlin hey miss, happy birthday. Best wishes for happiness and health. Sorry didn't know the name change. Take care.
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MissGremlinSenior Contributor
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Thankyou sweet @Meowmy❤️. I snuck the name change in there haha.
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ENKELISenior Contributor
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@MissGremlin may your day be bright and beautiful like you ✨️ ♥️
@MissGremlin sitting with you through the tough moments my friend ❤️
I feel the same way about feeling overwhelmed keeping up with posts here as well, like my brain and body just can’t cope with it all haha. Thank you for caring about me my friend, that means a lot ❤️
Yes it can get a bit much sometimes. I often reply to small posts first before tackling big ones but then by the time I've done that I have several more to reply to 😂.
Big hugs sweetheart, always love chatting to you ❤️
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BlackcloudSenior Contributor
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🫂🫂🫂
do you have anything much for today or for the upcoming week? ☺️ @MissGremlin
im gonna be having sessions with a peer worker, a psychologist and a counsellor this upcoming week so it seems like quite a bit to deal with but can’t wait to speak to them again ❤️
Also, I’m not sure or I can’t remember if I’ve ever mentioned this to you before but these days I kinda wish that I wasn’t neurodivergent because I feel like if I didn’t become a neurodivergent in the first place, that things in my life would’ve turned out for the better 😔 I’ve been told recently that I’m special as I am (like me being different is special and valued) & that what I have is a strength but I still find it hard to kinda accept that about myself because as an Asian person it’s rare to see other Asians that are like me
I hear you on this sweet, it can take time to accept ourselves for who we are and with our quirks. Things in life can still work out though, it might just take a little longer to get there. Be gentle with your wonderful self sweetheart ❤️
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AdgeSenior Contributor
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Thanks @Shaz51 for your Birthday Wishes, & for organising so many Birthday Tags.
@heartathome Happy birthday. May our Lord grant you many more years in better health than you. i'm privileged to know you as Family.
Tending Our Wounds!
Some places hold what hurt so much, silence scream settled in the ground. We need not be returned to quickly, nor brought back there without care.
Love heals over time with quiet intent. All remaining pain must be laid to rest. Not have us forgotten nor forsaken, but finding good life - peace and rest.
So where the weight once lingered, our existence much softer will appear: a stable, strong and steady life growing where pain once dominated.