Dear Bullies,

I don't understand what hurt you had in your heart for you to take advantage of me in the ways you did. I was never in competition with you, honestly, in my eyes, you were better than me in all aspects.

I don't know why you mocked me and used me when all I did was be your "best friend." I longed to fit in with you, you were the "popular girls," the "girls that got all the attention."

What weight were you carrying on your back that made you turn your back on me for the attention from the older boys and girls?

Who hurt you to the point that breaking me down gave you a rush of power and satisfaction. Who didn't show you enough love that you had to make sure I was embarrassed, exposed, and in my most

Vulnerable state so that you could feel pride?

I guess I was an easy target for you. I never stood up for myself, I let you wipe your feet on my mat whenever you needed it, I let you walk all over me when you felt like it. I was different, and I looked different.

I didn't have a backbone for myself, but thank God I now do.

I hope that you found yourself.

I hope that the hole in your heart full of anger and hate was filled with empathy and compassion.

I hope you look at the world and see beauty and miracles, rather than find things to criticize to make it a disaster.

I hope that time has changed you into a person others can confide in.

Thank you for showing me what it felt like to be at rock bottom, to look at myself and be dissatisfied, to wish my existence would perish. That is a feeling I will never ever allow myself to feel again.

Because of you, I have grown into the strongest individual I could be.

Because of you, I strive to be better than you, and anyone who purposely tries to break someone for their own enjoyment.

Because of you, I'm reaching for the stars and beyond, and because of you I will one day look back and smile, knowing I will have made it to the top, and you'll still be below me.

Sincerely,

The Girl That You Made Stronger