Remember how my dad was always up my *** asking where I’d been?
How we’d sneak away and fall in love under the moon like it was just ours?
Remember how I couldn’t even stay the night, not even at a friend’s place?
**** how times have changed.

Now I leave the house whenever I want.
I live wherever I want.
My amazing friends, like family, are back in my life,
some married, some buying homes, some always on a plane somewhere.
Life’s changed so much for them,
and it has for me too.

I’m still growing, still figuring it out.
Not quite where I want to be yet,
but I’m getting there financially and emotionally.
And for once, I’m happy.
I really hope you are too.

There’s this new man in my life.
It’s still fresh,
but it feels like I’ve known him forever.
Remember how I said I might never love anyone like I loved you?
Well, he gives me those giddy feelings just by looking at me,
and honestly, that’s pretty scary.

Two years I chose myself after walking away from a toxic life.
I never thought I’d be alone that long,
but it was the most healing thing I’ve ever done.

I like him. He likes me.
It’s scary, but I’m ready.
Ready to love someone more than I ever did love you.
I meant it when I said I’m over you,
and I’ve made peace with everything we were.

You played a part in who I am today.
So yeah, I’m happy.
And I hope you are too.