50 Roses for 50 Years
Your Words. My Milestone. A Moment.
Turning 50 wasn’t just a birthday.
It was a reckoning.
A revelation.
A return.
For years, I couldn’t hold kindness.
Couldn’t believe compliments.
Couldn’t trust love (unless it hurt a little).
But this time—
This time I received.
Not just messages…
Blessings.
The kind I used to doubt.
The kind I used to forget.
The kind I can finally hold as truth.
So I gathered them.
One by one.
Petals of praise.
Moments of meaning.
50 messages. 50 roses.
Each one a mirror.
Each one a medicine.
Each one a reminder:
🌹 I am lovable.
🌹 I am seen.
🌹 I am not too much.
🌹 I am not here to be small.
🌹 I am here to rise.
Thank you to each of you who left a message, a memory, a line of light.
You’re part of my bloom now.
This is my way of honoring the shift—
From the Age of Others
to the Age of Self.
And these are the words I’ll return to
when the world tries to shrink me again.
Welcome to my garden.
Thank you for your roses.
Thank you for your love.
Thank you for being a friend.
🌹 50 Roses—Words I’ll Never Forget 🌹
In this bonus section, I’m sharing the exact words my loved ones (you) gave me for my 50th birthday. These aren’t just birthday messages—these are affirmations in disguise.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this bouquet of becoming.
You are a shining light to me.
You push me to be a deeper thinker and better person.
You're an inspiration.
You are a wonderful mother.
You are a beautiful soul, loved by many.
Thank you for always supporting and guiding me.
I’ll always feel like you’ll be here for me.
I'm looking forward to reconnecting with you even more.
I’m filled with so much love and gratitude to celebrate you.
You are an incredible woman.
Reaching this milestone is a testament to how far you’ve come.
I admire your strength and journey.
You’ve overcome so much.
You’ve built a lot of love around you.
Watching you on your path has inspired me daily.
I’m so appreciative of all that you do.
You are so wise.
I’m thankful you were able to break our generational grief.
I love you more than words can say.
You deserve the absolute best.
You are one of the smartest women I know.
You are creative, loyal, and kind.
Thank you for our friendship.
You knew it would be hard and yet you came.
You knew you’d have to pull others with you and still you came.
You desired these lessons to become more of who you truly are.
You are so much more than this mortal body.
Through this body, you see and know your soul.
This life is a school of the soul.
Through duality, you get to learn the oneness you are.
This is the day it all changes.
You’re stepping into a new beginning.
You now feel the utmost control over your life.
I’m so proud of all you’ve overcome.
You have a better way of looking at challenges now.
You blast through hardship with amazing grace.
May this be a day of hopefulness and love.
You’re surrounded by so much happiness.
50 has nothing on you.
You’re aging like a fine wine.
Your journey inspires others to believe in healing.
You radiate strength and softness in equal measure.
You embody self-awareness in the most graceful way.
You’ve turned wounds into wisdom.
You are magnetic in your authenticity.
You are the proof that joy is possible after pain.
You’ve always been destined to lead others home to themselves.
You wear your truth with elegance.
You are the rose that bloomed through concrete.
You are not too much—you are just in time.
To those who wrote these, thank you.
You didn’t just send a message—you planted something in me.
And now, I bloom.