Lovely,

I want to speak to you from one girl to another, someone who has spent quite a bit of time in your shoes, someone who has felt what you are feeling.

Please, please, please, if you don't get anything else out of this, remember this: you are enough.

You do not need to cut your hair, lose five pounds, change your clothes, or start doing your makeup any differently than you already are, because it simply is not possible for you to get any more fabulous than the already super fabulous self you are. You are exactly who you are made to be, and you are rocking you. If anyone else fails to see that, then that is their loss and in no way your own. Do not, I mean do not, place yourself lower than you are, or make yourself fit into the mold of society in order to gain acceptance from anyone. You are worth so much more than that.

When I was in middle school it was an everyday norm for me to eat lunch at a table by myself with my nose in a book. I would be lying if I said that I was perfectly OK with that, and while I was completely appreciative of the quality time I was able to spend with a good book, I was a little crushed that I didn't have anyone to laugh with, or to just talk about random stuff with at lunch like everyone else. I know what it is like to feel like you are alone, regardless of how many people are around you.

Just remember to be you, do what you love, be who you want to be. At the end of the day it isn't them that matters, at the end of the day you are the one who has to be happy with yourself and you are the one who is living your life, so don't let that go to waste by trying to become someone else, don't become someone you are not. I had to find out first hand how hard that was because as human beings we naturally want to be accepted.

I know that it is hard, I know that it hurts, and I know that you have probably cried several tears about this, but remember that this is simply a phase and you will make it to the other side. You are strong, and beautiful, and perfect just the way you are. One day you will find someone who is not only your best friend, but someone who is the other part of you. They will make you laugh so hard you pee your pants, they will be the first person you call when that super cute boy you've had a crush on for forever asks you on a date and you spend forever on the phone going through your entire closet trying to find that perfect outfit. When you find that person, it will all become worth it. Don't give up on everyone. Try to keep an open mind, even though you have been hurt before, not everyone will do that to you.

Please, darling, do not keep your head down over the bad day you had yesterday, because today could be the day that things start looking up. So put on your favorite lipstick and that super cute shirt of yours, and put that beautiful smile of yours to use, because I am quite positive that everything is going to be bright and cheery before you know it!