Thir-Tea Introduction🤍☕

What’s up beautiful people! It’s your girl Shakera.

Hey girl hey—and welcome to Thir-Tea ☕

If you’re reading this, it’s January 1, 2026. A brand-new year. A Thursday. Thankful Tea. And in just one week, I’ll be celebrating another birthday. I don’t believe in coincidences, so let’s just call this what it is—divine alignment.

Why Thir-Tea exists (and why you’re right on time)

This space was created for the woman who’s learning how to slow down without quitting, reflect without reliving, and thank God not just for the destination—but for the process. Ending my twenties and entering my thirties, I realized wisdom doesn’t come from age alone. It comes from obedience. From healing what life tried to harden. From sitting with God long enough to stop striving and start becoming.

Thir-Tea is not a highlight reel. It’s not performative faith. It’s real life, real lessons, and real growth—one sip at a time.

The honest part of my story

I didn’t arrive here untouched. I’ve lived through abandonment, trauma, grief, and loss. I’ve been the strong one who still needed healing. I’ve been the woman who loved God deeply but had to relearn how to love herself honestly. And what I know for sure is this: God does not waste pain. He redeems it. He repurposes it. He uses it to build legacy when we let Him.

Gratitude is my posture this year

So today, on the first day of a new year, gratitude is my posture. I’m thankful for every lesson that stretched me, every season that slowed me down, and every moment God covered me when I didn’t even realize I needed covering. As I approach another birthday, I’m not counting years—I’m counting fruit. Fruit from obedience. Fruit from healing. Fruit from choosing wholeness over hustle.

This blog is an extension of that heart posture. On Tuesdays, we’ll pour Transformation Tea—honest, faith-rooted reflections on healing, identity, boundaries, motherhood, purpose, and becoming the woman God designed you to be. On Thursdays, we’ll gather for Thankful Tea—intentional pauses to reflect, give thanks, and honor every season without rushing past it.

Thankful Tea means we practice gratitude, not just talk about it

And since this is Thankful Tea, we’re going to do what we do best—practice gratitude.

Today’s gratitude practice is simple but powerful:

Pause and name three things you’re genuinely thankful for right now—not the polished ones, the present ones. Write them down. Say them out loud. Let gratitude ground you before you rush into goals.

Today, I feel really grateful for:

1. Strength
2. Grace
3. Peace

(If you want to make this a daily rhythm, I’ll link my gratitude journal so you can keep this practice close.)

Affirm Yourself Girl

I AM grateful for where I’ve been, grounded in where I am, and confident in where God is taking me.

Before you go, feel free to comment, share your favorite takeaway, or shoot me a voicemail—your voice matters to me, and this is a conversation, not a monologue. I love hearing how God is meeting you in real time.

Let’s walk together

Thank you for being here. Thank you for choosing reflection over rushing. Thank you for pulling up a chair and sipping slowly with me. My prayer is that this space feels safe, sacred, and stretching in all the right ways—that you leave encouraged, anchored, and reminded that God is still working on you, lovingly and intentionally.

May this year meet you with clarity.

May gratitude guard your heart.

May God exceed what you thought you needed and give you what your soul has been praying for.

#WalkByFaithAndSlay + Pray each and every day… because God will make a way.