Aubrey

Don’t ever compliment me by insulting other women.

I hope your life is full of “I can’t believe I did it” than “I should’ve done it”.

“I hope you find someone who knows how to love you when you are sad.”

I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

When my absence doesn’t alter your life, then my presence has no meaning in it.

I hope you’ll see me one day and see who I’ve become. I hope regret steals your breath.

Don’t give them a taste of their own medicine. They already know what it tastes like. Give them a taste of your own medicine. If they lied, let your medicine be honesty. If they played with your emotions, let your medicine be maturity. Don’t be afraid to be yourself, even if it means removing yourself from lives that you want to be in. You are, no doubt, worthy of being valued for who you are. So be who you are.

Did you ever know, dear, how much you took away with you when you left?

I don’t want to become one of those people who rely on medication to get them out of bed, reaching for an orange bottle of half-empty prescription, reminding myself that I’ll have to refill it soon.

Time will pass; these moods will pass; and I will, eventually, be myself again.