thank you a million times over
for your support and encouragement
along the way. i will never forget it.

and though i am now feeling the relief of being
on the other side of things, i want to extend the same
support i received to those of you still in it.

wherever you are at,
whatever place you are in,
in spite of how heavy and hopeless it all feels,
there is always another side in the distance.
and chances are, it isnt as far away as it seems.
things can, and will get better.

but you have to ask for help.
and then you have to receive it.
and all you need is one little tiny cell inside your body
to believe you are worth the fight to get your life back.

surround yourself with the loving kind.
surround yourself with people who believe in you.
surround yourself with those who will not let you stay stuck
in the anger and the sadness and the despair.

our lives are not meant to be an endless soundtrack of
pain. there is so much richness and beauty designed
for your spirit, and mine too. and unfortunately, sometimes
we have to do what feels like the biggest sacrifice
in order to get there.

i know.
i have been through it.
and i made it to the other side.

you will too.
i promise.