To my love
To the love of my life
To the man I'll always be grateful I knew,
I've thought about writing this for a long time. I'm not writing it because I expect anything from you, and I'm not writing it to ask you to come back. I just wanted to say some things that have lived in my heart for a long time.
Thank you for the memories we shared. The good and the bad. As strange as it may sound, I'm grateful for all of it because it was part of a chapter of my life that changed me. To me, what we had was beautiful. It wasn't perfect, but it was real, and it meant more to me than I ever knew how to say.
One of the things I'll always remember is how safe I felt when you were near. That feeling was rare for me, and I never took it for granted. And that day in your truck, when I said "forever," I meant every single word. I wasn't pretending or caught up in the moment. I truly believed it with all my heart.
You were never "nothing" to me. You were everything to me.
I'm sorry for the way I treated you. Looking back, I can finally admit that I let my fears, my paranoia, and my addiction take over who I was. They clouded my judgment until I couldn't tell what was real anymore. I believed things about you that I see now weren't true, and I know I hurt you because of that. For that, I am deeply sorry.
At the same time, I also know there were things you said and did that hurt me too. I'm not bringing them up to place blame. I simply want you to know that I forgive you. We were both imperfect people trying to navigate something bigger than ourselves.
I'm not asking you to forgive me, and I'm not trying to win you back. I just wanted to acknowledge my part. I was a problem in ways I couldn't see then, and I own that now.
I still miss you. I think about you more often than you'd probably ever imagine. I hope life has been kind to you. I hope you're happy. I hope you're chasing your dreams because I've always believed you're incredibly smart and capable of accomplishing anything you decide to do. I have no doubt you'll go far.
As for me, I'm still trying to understand why accepting love has always been so hard. It's hard for me to believe that someone truly loves me. Somewhere along the way I became afraid of it, and too often I ended up hurting the people I loved the most. That's something I'm still working to heal.
Maybe one day, somewhere down the road, we'll unexpectedly cross paths. If that ever happens, I hope there won't be anger between us. Maybe I'll get a hug. I think that would mean a lot to me. It's awful how much we've been there to become strangers again. It's sad. I guess we didn't have that love that everyone spends there whole lives looking for after all.
No matter where life takes us, thank you for the time we shared. Thank you for the memories. Thank you for loving me in the moments you did.
I sincerely hope your life is full of happiness, peace, and everything you've ever wanted.
Take care of yourself.
Love Always...