It doesn't matter what they say, I know I'm going to love you anyway
I'm not totally sure all the details of what happened and I don't necessarily need to. I think that you wanted to connect with me - make sure I got to know all the parts of you, something we would have normally had more time to do. I've loved getting to know the younger you.
I'm glad you don't have all the answers and weren't perfect, because I'm the same way. You being imperfect gives me permission to be imperfect - something that has been hard for me to accept.
We both have had huge things that have interrupted our lives and I'm glad we were able to share those things with eachother. I don't have the same confusion around putting together years of my childhood and connecting them to who I am now. It doesn't feel horribly weird to look at pictures of myself as a kid anymore. I think getting to know you as a teenager has helped in some way that I don't understand. Maybe it makes you a full person? instead of the parent-knows-all/best.
I'm still grateful that I hear you in my voice and sometimes see you in my face.
As for him, I have to work on forgiving him for his imperfection too. Getting to know him as a whole person has been hard. His mistakes hurt. It has been nice to see him as a thoughtful, loving, sweet person. Someone who works with words at times instead of actions. I'm working on it.
Help me to be more forgiving and more bold in my present.
I'm glad you don't have all the answers and weren't perfect, because I'm the same way. You being imperfect gives me permission to be imperfect - something that has been hard for me to accept.
We both have had huge things that have interrupted our lives and I'm glad we were able to share those things with eachother. I don't have the same confusion around putting together years of my childhood and connecting them to who I am now. It doesn't feel horribly weird to look at pictures of myself as a kid anymore. I think getting to know you as a teenager has helped in some way that I don't understand. Maybe it makes you a full person? instead of the parent-knows-all/best.
I'm still grateful that I hear you in my voice and sometimes see you in my face.
As for him, I have to work on forgiving him for his imperfection too. Getting to know him as a whole person has been hard. His mistakes hurt. It has been nice to see him as a thoughtful, loving, sweet person. Someone who works with words at times instead of actions. I'm working on it.
Help me to be more forgiving and more bold in my present.