Five Minute Friday: Fill

We are ushering a new era this week and I’m feeling the excitement like you wouldn’t believe.

I’m joining the writers of the Five Minute Friday community, as the lovely Kate begins her journey.

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GO

My heart is full.

I celebrated my birthday last week and I do believe that this is the birthday that all my birthdays from now on will be compared to.

It’s been so hard to feel joy around this time of year, because eight days after my birthday, I also relive the saddest moment of my life. But this year, something was definitely different. I started my day wanting to fill up with all my favourite things. I made reservations for one at my favourite places to eat because at the time I didn’t have a plan for the day, and it being the middle of the week…most of my friends were at work.

Then one of my cherished friends called, wanting to know what I was doing for the day, I told her about my breakfast plan and she wanted to join me. The same thing happened with lunch. I got company when I had every intention to go alone. And this is how my day went, early dinner, drinks, then late dinner. I had my favourite foods, with my favourite people.

And it was simply beautiful.

STOP

I honestly don’t know how some of the other FMF writers maximize their five minutes and write so much. Every time I do this challenge, I get lost in the memories and my time is up in the blink of an eye.

When my buzzer went off, I decided to look for a quote that ties everything together and I found this:

To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with. ― Mark Twain

So apt! The joy I felt was multiplied because I was able to share it with the people I love.