This past weekend, I was an absolute emotional wreck—like, ugly cry, can’t-even-talk-right type of weekend. 😭 I was scrolling on TikTok, minding my business, when I stumbled on Olivia Dean’s new single “A Couple of Minutes.” The song alone had me in my feelings—it’s the kind of melody that makes your heart ache in the best way. Then, I started watching all these montages people made using the song, and one of them featured scenes from the 2024 Netflix series “One Day.”

So naturally, I said to myself, “Keysha, let’s watch it. Let’s feel all the feelings.” And my emotional self said, “Sure, why not? Let’s cry like a big baby.” And baby, I did. I cried, I reflected, and then—I wrote. Because something about that series, that song, and that Sunday stillness cracked something open in me. It reminded me that love, real love, is fleeting. It reminded me to choose love now—before life reminds us how short one day really is. 🤎

This series completely wrecked me in the most beautiful way. It’s one of those stories that sneaks up on you — quiet, subtle, but powerful enough to stir something deep in your spirit. It’s about love, timing, and the fragile thread that connects the two.

Emma and Dexter — the main characters — are soulmates who spend twenty years circling around the love they’re too scared to fully claim. Every time you think they’ll finally get it right, life steps in with another detour. Pride, fear, bad timing — all the things we humans use to protect our hearts — become the very reasons they waste so much precious time apart.

And sis, isn’t that real?

How many of us have danced around love, trying to play it safe… only to end up losing what could’ve been everything?

❤️ The Bittersweet Truth: Love Doesn’t Wait Forever

Watching One Day felt like a quiet sermon on how short life really is. Because one day — we won’t be here. One day, the people we love will be memories, not moments. One day, the chances we were too afraid to take will echo as “what ifs.”

Emma and Dexter’s story reminds us that love isn’t meant to be delayed or dissected to death — it’s meant to be lived. To be spoken out loud. To be chosen, daily, while we still have breath in our lungs and time on our side.

Because love is the only thing we get to take with us. Everything else — the pride, the ego, the fear of looking foolish — stays behind.

🎵 The Soundtrack That Found Me: Olivia Dean’s “A Couple of Minutes”

As I mentioned previously I stumbled upon One Day because of a TikTok video playing Olivia Dean’s song, “A Couple of Minutes.” And let me tell you… whew. The way that song hit me straight in the chest.

Olivia’s voice sounds like heartbreak wrapped in honey — tender, aching, and true. She sings about those fleeting moments that change everything — the kind you don’t realize are sacred until they’re gone. It’s a song about time, about love, about wanting just a couple more minutes with the person your soul recognizes.

And when I heard it, I thought of Emma and Dexter. Of all the people we’ve loved in silence. Of all the times we waited until the moment was gone.

It made me ask myself — and maybe you too — why do we wait?

🌹 The Lesson: Love Loudly, Love Now

If One Day teaches us anything, it’s that love deserves urgency. Not the rushed kind — but the intentional kind. The kind that says:

“I love you, and I’m not afraid to show it.”

“I forgive you, because time is too short to stay angry.”

“I choose you, even when it’s inconvenient.”

Because one day, sis, we’ll look back and realize that all those things we thought mattered — pride, opinions, fear — they never mattered at all.

So love now.

Love loudly.

Love fully.

Text them back. Hug longer. Say the words. Show up. Don’t wait for the perfect time — there isn’t one. The perfect time is today.

Because one day… love won’t wait.

💫 Final Thought: Choose Love Over Ego, Every Time

When you strip it all away, life is really just a collection of moments — and the love we pour into them. That’s what One Day reminds us. That’s what Olivia Dean’s song whispers. That’s what our hearts already know but sometimes forget:

We’re all just souls passing through, trying to love and be loved before our time runs out.

So, choose love today.

Not pride.

Not fear.

Not the opinions of others.

But love — the real, unconditional kind that reminds us we’re alive.

Because the truth is, the people who love you right now are your “one day.” Don’t wait until they’re gone to realize it.

From one heart to another — your girl Keysha 🤎

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