1. Thank you for loving me for who I am, and raising me by yourself for the past ten years. I know it's not been an easy ride, and I acted out a lot during my teen years and I took out a lot of pent up anger and frustration on you, but better days are coming, for the both of us. I can't wait to let you watch me flourish. Hopefully I can be a better daughter than I am now.
2. I'm sorry that I'm not the most patient, or loving, sister. I love you so much and I just want to give you the world, but I can't. We've been through a lot together, and I know that through the arguments, we still love each other very dearly. You bring so much sunshine into my life, you've helped shape me to be a way better person than what I was ten years ago. Thanks for that.
3. I love you so much. You may be loud, you may swear like a sailor, but you have the biggest heart out of anyone else I know. There is nothing you would do for me and him, and we love you for it. You're the best big sister I could ever wish for, and fuck what anyone else says, because they don't know you as well as we do. It takes a special kind of person to love a soul as golden as yours.
4. I used to really look up to you, but now that I've found that skeleton in your closet, I'm not too sure. I will be civil when I need to be, but never will I let myself be a victim to your horrible self. I just can't bring myself to trust you like I used to, and I'm sorry for that. At the end of the day, you'll always be family, it runs in our blood. But never will I trust you like I used to.
5. Leading lady of our family, what can I say? You've been so strong. You've set an example to your children, your grandchildren, and your great grandchildren. We all want to strive to your greatness and make you proud, despite how mean you can be sometimes. We miss him as much as you do, and you've done fantastically without him for the last (almost) 8 years. It hurts just as much as it did in 2010, but he's always with you. This year was scary for you, and for us. There was a time we thought we'd lose you. It hasn't come to that, thank God, but 84 for is a damn good age. I just hope that when your time comes, you can say you've lived a fulfilling life and that you can let go peacefully.
6. With only four years between us, we were practically raised as sisters. I'm sorry that I didn't trust you as much as I should of, especially on certain people. I learned the hard way that I need to put a little bit more faith in you. I love you so much, and your children, all three of them, make me so happy. I'm so blessed to call myself their older cousin. And what a fantastic Mum you are to them, you've set such an example to me when I become a mother one day. If I'm half as amazing as you, I know I've succeeded.
7. I hate you. You took my innocence, you took me away from my friends. You made me sick. You took advantage. You can never, ever, call yourself a father to me. You are, and always will be, the sperm donor. There's no reason for you to be in my life, and I'm glad that you're as far away from me as you can get. When you become a grandfather, you will never be allowed to see your grandchildren, you will never walk me down the aisle, you will never see me thrive and succeed. And it's you who will be in his mid fifties, lonely and miserable. You're missing out, mate. See you never.
8. My best friend since we were literally 12 years old, my God. What would I do without you? You moved away and it still hurts to know that you're just not up the road anymore. You're 500 miles away. But we've seen it through, we're stronger than ever. We've fought, we've stopped talking, but we just couldn't live without each other in the end. Thank you for consoling me when I cry, and just... thank you, I adore you.
9. One of my ride or dies, oh my. I am so proud of you and all of your achievements in the short time I've known you. You're killing it, and I'm just your cheerleader. Sometimes, I don't feel worthy of your friendship. You're such a great person, and I'm, well, I'm me. And that's not the best thing in the world, but I try, for you, because you're worth the fight. I can't wait for the day we finally meet. Distance makes the heart grow fonder. Also, thank you for fangirling over Supernatural with me, and thank you for being the Dean to my Sam.
10. You're literally my dog. We've had you for eleven wonderful years, and I cannot thank you enough for the joy and love you bring to our family every single day. You have such a special place in my heart, you've opened my eyes to what true unconditional love is. When I needed a hand, you gave me your paw. You've seen me at my worst and my best and if I could make you immortal, I would. I love you.
December 6th, 2017 at 12:25am