Baby, you…

So I was sitting there listening to some Hozier and doing some reading, and I thought-not for the first time…

I wonder if you see yourself the way the world sees you?

Beauty, beyond measure. Kindness that can’t be compared. Wit and charm that let you fit in anywhere, with anyone. Do you see how all the work you put into yourself shines through so clearly to all of us lucky enough to behold you? Did you see how perfect you were in our eyes, even when time wasn’t your friend?

How even though life has handed you an endless string of heartaches, the way you move through it still leaves the rest of us in awe, breathless, marveling at this goddess gracing us with her presence.

Baby. I love you. Pretty sure the world does too, even if it doesn’t always feel that way.

And I know there’s only so much I can do, but babe…

My goal in life is to make it feel like it does.

Because it’s true.

And you deserve it.

Every bit of it.

And if there's anybody who doesn't see it?

Who doesn't try to make you feel it, every day of your life?

Well, baby. That's on them, not on you.

Just hope you know it.

Yours.

(and hope I show it…)