Dear Lillian,
Thank you for being a warrior.
Thank you for your resilience, willingness, patience, bravery and determination.
Thank you for continuing to fight for yourself through the times you didn’t know if you could pull through.
Thank you for learning to love yourself, or learning to be gentle with yourself when you still don’t know how to entirely.
Thank you for learning how to give yourself grace, release shame, and open up space within your heart for honesty and vulnerability.
Thank you for turning around when all you wanted to do was run away.
Thank you for facing your most terrifying battles, not fearlessly but with strength pushing you through the pain.
You were so scared of the dark, yet you chose to walk through it because of your faith that the light was just hiding.
I am so proud of you for that.
Sometimes you forget how hard you’ve fought to get here.
You’ve blossomed in ways you would have never imagined.
Thank you for being a warrior.