Both - Together

It has been a long time I worked from home so I don't have many chances to go out or check in with my friends. Tonight I opened my phone and looked at the old photos of mine. Oh There are a lot of photos I took with my friends. We usually leaned our heads towards the other's side and smiled in front of the camera. Then click the button and we had a good memory together. I am quite introverted so I don't really have a lot of friends but I must say I am lucky that my friends are so nice so cute and very kind to me. They are often older than me. My friends often joke that I am older than my age ^^. I love silent places than noisy ones. I love talking face to face than online chatting. I prefer to call others than give many messages. And I love drinking tea too. But maybe due to my quite "strict" personality, I can meet many sisters or brothers who share with me a lot of experience in their life. Looking at them, listening to their stories, I see other vivid life. They expand my own little quiet world. If I don't meet them, my life was around studying and talking about serious topics. They teach me how to break the rule, how to dare to do new things, and come to a "behind the scene" good life.
Each photo with them recalls me of the faith of each person. They can be the same age but they are unique. One of them show me how to love myself how to do a skincare routine what is I had never thought of before. Another one shows me how beautiful my hometown is. She took me to many places beyond my imagination. One told me stories of the underworld because, before it, I just looked at the world in one tedious color. They really build my world.
Seeing the old photos, suddenly I missed them... The photos evoked my gratitude for them - the good things they've done for me. All of the old memories came to me in one moment.
I remembered Ms.Hue who often buys bracelets for me after her business trips. I remembered Mrs.Linh who is crazily kind to many ones included me... 2 years ago when I told her I would be vegan for some months. Do you know what she did? I could not imagine how nice she was. She went to a lot of supermarkets as well as markets in order to... prepare a huge bag of vegetarian food for me. There were many many noodles, vegetables, seasonings, seaweeds,... I was so touched because of her dedication and kindness.
I remembered Mrs.Lam. She is always so cool! She did climb to Phanxipang! If I am like a little girl, she must be a greatly strong sister. Once she took me to ship milk tea with her in Saigon, I nearly got fainted because I was so scared of sitting behind her. She drove very fast and ... she almost did not stop in front of the red lights. I felt like that she could hit other motorbikes but she did not. She is like a superhero in my mind. Being with her, I feel safe because she knows almost everything about life and how to be alive in the most severe condition.
Lots of great memories...
In covid time, I feel more appreciated with all previous events in my life. Although covid has caused many impacts on my whole life, it has taught me a lot: Appreciate the presence, appreciate the goodness and kindness. One day not far, we will reunite and take a lot of selfies pictures together, I thought. Yes, we'll certainly.
I wish that all good things could come to them. In addition, I would like to say "Thank you" to them all to make my life more colorful and beautiful. <3