Jul 2015
If you find yourself struggling to study for a test at 4 am, remember I'd want you to be asleep because your health matters to me more than anything, even when I lecture you for a day or ground you for a week whenever you fail your tests
If you find yourself consoling your best friend who just lost her boyfriend, remember that I'd be your best friend if you were in her position
If you find yourself hurting so badly that you can't seem to put it into words, I want you to know that it's okay
If you find yourself questioning the existence of happiness, I will be here to remind you everyday of what it means, and teach you how to feel it
If you find yourself experiencing your first heartbreak and the pain is so excruciating you don't feel like saving yourself, trust me you want to save yourself
If you find yourself sitting on the edge of your bed unable to fall asleep, drowning in your tears; don't feel strange, I've been through it all too
If you find someone who takes no for an answer, you don't need the person in your life; no isn't an answer, you're better than that
If you find yourself staring in front of a mirror trying to stop hating the way you look, remember that I love you for who you are, not the way you look
If you find that not convincing enough, remember that those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter; I mean it
If you find yourself trying to stop eating to fit into a size 0 dress, I was ten times your size at your age & I didn't give a **** what people though of me
If you're too tired to make decisions, don't make them; you'll find yourself drowning in regret two days later
If you think it's okay to give up, let me remind you that it isn't
If you ever feel alone, know that I'll always be here for you,
the way I did when you were born
the way I did when you said your first word
the way I did when you knew too many words, enough to push me away
the way I did when you took your first steps,
the way I did when you knew how to run that you attempted to run away from home when you were diagnosed with depression
*the way I'll always be, even when you think you don't need me.
If you find yourself consoling your best friend who just lost her boyfriend, remember that I'd be your best friend if you were in her position
If you find yourself hurting so badly that you can't seem to put it into words, I want you to know that it's okay
If you find yourself questioning the existence of happiness, I will be here to remind you everyday of what it means, and teach you how to feel it
If you find yourself experiencing your first heartbreak and the pain is so excruciating you don't feel like saving yourself, trust me you want to save yourself
If you find yourself sitting on the edge of your bed unable to fall asleep, drowning in your tears; don't feel strange, I've been through it all too
If you find someone who takes no for an answer, you don't need the person in your life; no isn't an answer, you're better than that
If you find yourself staring in front of a mirror trying to stop hating the way you look, remember that I love you for who you are, not the way you look
If you find that not convincing enough, remember that those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter; I mean it
If you find yourself trying to stop eating to fit into a size 0 dress, I was ten times your size at your age & I didn't give a **** what people though of me
If you're too tired to make decisions, don't make them; you'll find yourself drowning in regret two days later
If you think it's okay to give up, let me remind you that it isn't
If you ever feel alone, know that I'll always be here for you,
the way I did when you were born
the way I did when you said your first word
the way I did when you knew too many words, enough to push me away
the way I did when you took your first steps,
the way I did when you knew how to run that you attempted to run away from home when you were diagnosed with depression
*the way I'll always be, even when you think you don't need me.
