Oprah Winfrey marked her 71st birthday with an emotional message about her childhood.
Taking to her Instagram account on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, Oprah shared two adorable photos of her in an all white outfit.
In both photos, The Colour Purple producer was seen relaxing on a couch, holding a giant white book.
Alongside the images was a caption in which she noted, "So grateful to celebrate another trip around the sun for me—the 71st!”
She continued, “It all started by two people, my father Vernon and mother Vernita. My first 6 years of life, I was raised by my grandmother who gave me my life’s greatest gift. She taught me I was God’s child. ‘All things are possible,’ she would tell me and I believed her.”
“Those early years in rural Mississippi didn’t seem so miraculous at the time," she noted, adding, "Now I know, every breath, every choice defines the greater outcome. And I grew up loving trees and big skirts and books, I much later realized you don’t become what you want, not even your greatest desires. You become what you Believe.”
“That we get to be human and have a chance every day to grow better is a miracle. I never imagined seeing 71," Oprah expressed.
She went on to share, "So today I’m giving all praises to my miraculous time here on earth as God’s child. And feeling blessed by this wonderful book of love letters from friends created by my only other friend of 49 years @mariashriver. She collected all the letters and had them caligraphied and leather bound. My new favorite book to savor and cherish forever.”
Oprah Winfrey concluded her message noting, “Thank you all for your kind birthday words of affirmation today, I feel them all. It’s my love language.”