My conversations with Barbara.

I am blessed with having a lot of good friends 🧡 who share my journey and one of rhe things I am most appreciative of and am grateful 🙏🏽 for is the conversations I have with Barbara.

Barbara has been in my life since my early 30s. We met studying 📖 welfare studies together ❤️ and she has impacted my life in so many  ways.  She saw my love grow for a fellow student,  who became the great love of my life. She has nursed me through more than one broken heart. She is one of my greatest supporters and advocates.  She tells me that I am highly intelligent and supports my writing ✍️ . She encourages me to speak out and write about my life experiences.  She has helped when i have experienced stigma of my mental health issues and been my greatest cheerleader of my advocacy work and my creativity expressing such.  I’ve just spoken to her and I feel uplifted. This is significant because Barbara was letting me know that I don’t always have to be positive in what I write ✍️,  but to always be real in what I creatively express. This is great feedback to receive and it shows me that I am on the right track 👣 when I choose to write.  I am feeling understood and heard. Could there be any greater gift 🎁 than that.?