I’m not the easiest person to love. I learned at a young age to build up my emotional walls.
If I was tough and put on a strong face, then nobody could touch me, nobody could let me down.
My walls were built sky high and nobody was willing to waste time on trying to get past that.
Then you came along, and everything changed.
When we first met, I tried to keep you at arm’s length because I wanted this relationship too badly, and it scared me. There were so many times when I thought I had blown my chance, but still, you came back.
For the first time, someone actually tried to get to know the real me, to see beyond the smile on my face and learn what makes me tick. All I can say is thank you.
Thank you for seeing the best in me.
The thing about walls is that as they go up, confidence comes down. You met me at my lowest and still saw the best in me.
You see the good in me even when I can’t see it myself. When I think that I am worthless, you are the first to say otherwise.
You build me up in a way that nobody has done in a long time. For the first time in forever, I go to sleep knowing that I am cherished.
Thank you for making me the best that I can be.
You’ve made me vulnerable in the best of ways. You loved me when I couldn’t love myself, and told me that it was okay to take some time until I learned to love myself.
And because of that I finally have the strength to be my true self and not care what anyone else thinks.
Thank you for saving me from myself.
I was so terrified of getting hurt that I made taught myself to be independent and never let go of the control.
A short time with you made me realize that your presence was better than my solitude. I finally had someone else that I could rely on. I don’t have to go at life alone.
Thank you for standing by me.
Let’s face it, I can be a handful. I know that I am not the easiest person to deal with, but you stand by me regardless.
It’s easy to stand by someone when you only see them at their high points, but you’ve also seen me at my lows, and unlike everyone else, you stayed.
Thank you for teaching me to love.
You can’t love when your guard is up. You taught me how to trust and bring that wall down. You taught me to love myself first, and then I learned to love you.
Thank you for ruining my plans of being alone. Thank you for doing the impossible.
Most importantly, thank you for giving me you.