22/08/2026
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐. โค๏ธ
A month ago, I did something I considered very ordinary.
A very beautiful, great, faithful, beautiful and consistent client of mine in my fashion designing world had her daughter's (who happens to be my special baby) graduation, so I took her daughter's pictures in my office and decided to gift her something extra โ I edited the pictures with the help of my tech knowledge, created different poses and sent them to her mother.
She loved them.
She posted them.
Her friends saw them.
And somehow, someone asked her, โWho took these pictures?โ
She recommended me.
Now, let me tell you where the interesting part begins. ๐
When I sent her daughter's pictures to her, she said something that made me smile.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐, โ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ? ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ? ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ.๐ฌโ ๐๐
I smiled and moved on.
In my mind, the graduation pictures were a closed chapter.
Gift given.
Pictures delivered.
Everybody happy.
The end. ๐
Or so I thought.
A few weeks later, I noticed a WhatsApp message from her, but I couldn't open it because I was battling with something so personal and restrictive.
Yesterday, she came to my office and said her friend needed a birthday photoshoot.
Then it clicked.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐
She had already recommended me to her friend.
Her friend eventually came, we did the shoot, and I got to work with what I had โ my phone camera, my creativity, my editing knowledge.
And somehow...
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฅนโค๏ธ๐
I delivered the pictures, created additional presentation slides for her and even added some extra pictures as my birthday gift to her.
But honestly, beyond the work itself, there is something else I am taking away from this experience.
Sometimes, you do something simply because you can.
You give.
You help.
You create.
You add value.
You don't even know where it will lead.
And then, somewhere you aren't present, someone is talking about the value you gave them.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง.
This particular referral reminded me that sometimes, your work can introduce you before you ever get the opportunity to introduce yourself.
And to my beautiful birthday celebrant, thank you for trusting me with your memories and for allowing me to be a little part of your celebration.
๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐. ๐โค๏ธ.
May this new chapter bring you abundant joy, sound health, peace, favour and many beautiful reasons to smile.
I am glad to be part of your celebration today. ๐ฅฐ
And to the woman who recommended me without me asking...
๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐๐. ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ โ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญโ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ค๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐. ๐โค๏ธ.
Yours Prettiest,
Truth Ramirez. ๐๏ธ
ยฉ๏ธ Truth's Pen
๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ ๐๏ธ