Let’s make Positive Messages Albums a thing 🥰

I'm feeling sentimental so buckle up. A few years ago I decided to start a positive messages album in my camera roll. It all started when I got such a supportive message from my best friend's little cousin. I did a podcast and I was very nervous about it. I opened up about a lot of things that are taboo in my community like getting married and divorced at a young age. I was very nervous to do this podcast but I felt like my story could maybe help another young girl going through and my best friend's little cousin who is so smart, kind, beautiful like she's amazing and I watched this girl grow up from like a young age you know. She watched the podcast and that just meant the world to me and then she sent me this text saying you know from one chaldean woman to another like thank you for being so vulnerable. This little text made me so emotional I saved it and I'm like you know what this is such a nice message I don't want to forget this so I started Marlene I love you you have always been so supportive and I will never forget that. Now a few years later I have over 500 screenshots in this album. Over the years I've just been adding all these screenshots to this album whether it's a text from a friend, a happy birthday message or a random comment from a person online and especially when you're a content creator you get a lot of hate there's a lot of negativity on the internet so when you do get those positive messages it means the world to me. I will never forget the first comment I got on this tiktok channel. This person said I know you're gonna blow up and I'm honored to be here first and I've never really talked about this online but I decided to create Riri's Tea out of frustration. I was working at a huge media company that just wasn't seeing my potential. I was told I wasn't good enough to be on camera and I knew from a very young age that I wanted to do entertainment reporting ever since I saw Juliana Rancic on E! News so to be told that really hurt but I wanted to take matters into my own hands. Seeing this comment meant the world to me like you know what there are people who want to see me on camera who enjoy my content. I will never forget this comment ever or sweet birthday messages from friends. Everyone is just so busy with their own lives so it really means a lot to me when people take the time to write like a few happy birthday messages you know or I have two brothers and we're very much like bros so when my brother texts me saying damn when are you coming home I miss you I'm like dude you miss me I miss you too like stuff like that you know even though I reply like are you on drugs dude like what do you mean and just random comments from people online. I also have videos in this album like one time we were at my friend Suzanne's wedding and my friend Abby took my phone and took a video and she was just like Gravatt you're so beautiful like I love you. I didn't see the video until like the next day but it was so sweet like I'm like I'd love that so I think we should make positive messages albums a thing. It takes two seconds to screenshot a message and add it to your album and your camera roll and whenever you're feeling down for whatever reason it really helps to look at an album full of nice messages about yourself. Okay, love you, bye.