Good morning/afternoon/evening, you beautiful people!
It has been a couple of months since we last spoke and I updated my blog. I would first off like to apologize. I truly love writing and would like to be a consistent writer, someone who you as my audience can depend on. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I need to take some time out to focus on other matters at hand in my life, therefore I have come to the decision that I will blog again next year. I have thought about this for a while and I believe that it is the right decision. I am by no means retiring from writing, God-willing, I will still be here in many decades to come but 2021's been a tough year and there are other areas of my life that need my full attention.
I would like to thank you all for being here and coming along on this journey. I began blogging about two years ago and I am grateful for how far I've come in confidence and advocacy. I know that next year will be grand and I cannot wait until 2022!
Thinking back to this time last year, I was writing exams and I had a lot of stress as a result but I had a lot of comfort through music. I remember being excited and waiting for BTS', MAMAMOO and Little Mix's albums to come out. Their albums all came out in early November and I am a huge fan of their music. I was transported to a whole new world through their music. Happy anniversary to BE, TRAVEL and Confetti, it has been one year since their releases! I have spent countless hours listening to these albums and I am so, so grateful to these artists and their production teams for releasing such masterpieces. For me music is my happy place and if this time of year or this season in your life is giving you grieve, I advice turning to music. Listening to Life Goes On and joining the live stream made me feel less alone and frustrated with my studies and it brought me hope. Listening to Happiness and A Mess helped me to let go and love myself, solo. Listening to Aya, made me feel upset at my non-existent lover and the choreography was such fun to learn and dance along to! Listening to Travel made me compile a list of countries and sites that I would like to visit once things get better in the world. I may have taken different things from each album, well from each song to be honest but they all give me peace and comfort. I could cry, laugh, dance, sing along, whether I knew the lyrics or not. That's what music gives me and I hope that you too can find what music and artists inspire you. They don't have to be trendy nor the most popular but it has to be what you truly like. Music has the power to heal and as we go into the festive season, especially, I hope that you can feel joy, peace and comfort.
I hope that you have cake and sweets, chocolate and treats. I hope that you have loved ones around your table, and little ones running around in your yard. I pray that laughter fills your homes and joy in your hearts. I hope that you have more than enough on your plates and enjoy the vast variety of festive food. I hope that your plates and bellies are full and your cravings satiated. I hope that whether you live in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere that you play in the rain, the snow or enjoy the hot summer.
In all this festivity please don't waste food and remember those less fortunate than yourself. Please remember to spread kindness and joy, let us remember the reason for the season and keep each other in our prayers.
I'll see you all in 2022! I cannot wait for our reunion, we will have a lot to discuss and I am excited for season 3! Thank you for being here, thank you for everything. I appreciate it all and I am grateful for this platform.
All my love
Ruthy Zikhali
