You

You are loved. Know that.

Of course knowing and understanding are not the same thing, so you need to understand!

Parents, siblings, grandparents, these are the people we expect unconditional love from. Expectations, though, can be the road to disappointment. Sometimes the very people who should love us unconditionally cannot do it.

That is not your fault. You have to be you and if that means finding other people who can love you, then you do it.

Let those people who see the beauty of you above and beyond their own expectations, hold you close, because they are the ones who are your mirror. Look into the eyes of your lover. That is the real you. Look into the eyes of those who offer you their hearts and homes, their thoughts and love. They see the real you.

You are more than someone’s daughter, or son. You are you. A beautiful child of the universe living and working the best way you know how and that is indescribably sweet and good and as it should be.

Don’t be so hard on yourself. You are allowed to feel tired, or grouchy, sick, or even a little self centered sometimes. Just don’t think those things define you. They simply mean you are human. Humans are very lovable.

I will always love you simply because you are you.