LOH Community Contest #291 ~ My Tribe Members

Did someone support you during your hardest time? How did they help?

If I go ahead and mention just one person, it wouldn't be fair on my part, and I may be sounding ungrateful because I can not count my blessings, I can not boast of my success without mentioning people who have and are still supporting me even up to this moment. I didn't know what the hardest moment in a person's life meant, I never understood what people meant when they say they were going through some "hard time" until I lost my father and right from then till now, it hasn't been me alone on this journey of life and surviving.

Truthfully, God has helped me but nah, it hasn't been only him, I mean today, it isn't about someone seated above, it is about humans and humans stood by me through the thick and thin, if it wasn't them, it wouldn't have been an easy journey. There are moments I have felt cornered, and didn't know how to go about it, a phone call saved the day for me even when I felt it would be an impossible task but they came through for me.

My tribe members, that is the better word to give them, so, it isn't someone but people who have stood by me in my hardest time, even when I didn't believe in myself. I have gotten all kinds of support that anyone at their lowest or in their hardest time would need. From words of encouragement, to financial help, to daily check-ups on me, and all of that.

Those are never easy for anyone to do, so if you find people who are intentional about it, it is so worth everything in life. When I lost my mother, they stood by me, when I had difficulty in school, they helped me, when I needed financial help, they came through for me, it's no joke, I have got tribes, tribes that care deeply, not because of the benefits but because of their hearts.

These are male and female friends, most of whom we are no longer in contact with each other or we've stopped talking to each other, I wouldn't talk about my success stories without them in the picture, at every time or phase of my life I was met with blockage, they supported me. I remember a friend housing and feeding me when I had no roof and wasn't working at the time, I was housed until I finally got a job, and after a while moved into my apartment.

Through my mom's burial, I had and got support from them, ranging from encouraging words, financial support, helping in sorting out particular stuff, and even coming to help me in the preparation for the event. I was shocked because it was beyond my imagination, through my years in school, I got support at moments I needed support and helping hands to stay afloat. It's more reason why when people talk about bad friendship, I can not be found talking about bad friendship, not like I haven't gotten or seen my share of that, but the thing is I know how I have been helped by friends, and these people are my people, they are my tribe members.

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This is my entry to Ladies of Hive Community Contest #291