This last Wednesday of the year, which coincidentally is also the last day of 2025, I want to take a moment to give thanks for the year for everything it was.
2025 definitely didn’t start the way I expected. It was a restless year, unsettled, unclear. It brought situations that pulled me completely out of my comfort zone without asking for permission. The first half of the year was dark, and I don’t say that lightly. It was a season filled with anxiety, insecurity, low self-esteem, and so many unanswered questions. There were countless moments when I couldn’t see the full path ahead, afraid to take the next step.
But today, looking back, I’m grateful for everything that happened, even that period of darkness. Because it was precisely in the unknown that something within me awakened. It forced me to trust myself more than anyone else. To love myself. To let go of structures that no longer served me. To listen to myself more closely. To move forward with fear, but also with determination, even when I didn’t have everything figured out. And little by little, I began to find my way.
I close this year with much more clarity about where I’m going. With goals that are more aligned, not just with what I want to achieve, but with how I want to live. I close it with more peace. More calm. More time for my family, for my home, for myself. With an inner sense of order that simply didn’t exist at the beginning of the year.
I am deeply grateful for having started this blog. Café con Melli became a small window of light during that dark time I was living through. A space where I could breathe. Where I could put into words what I was feeling, without filters or expectations. Writing lifted me up more than I ever imagined.
I’m also grateful for having the courage to begin my path in real estate, for believing in myself every day, and for taking steady steps into a completely new territory. I’m thankful for starting a business with my husband. This year, we didn’t just grow as a couple—we strengthened ourselves as partners in life. More committed, more connected, more aligned in what we’re building together.
2025 wasn’t a perfect year. It was a hard year, a challenging one. But it was also a year of growth, courage, and self-love.
Thank you, 2025, for everything.
Melli
