You made it.

Throughout your 6 years in elementary school, 3 years in middle school, and your last 3 years in high school, you've been through quite a lot. You watched yourself develop anxiety beyond anxiety. You watched friends disappear before you couldn't say "goodbye", and you've watched your life spiral out of control multiple times, yet you fixed those problems that caused the spiraling because you're really freaking strong.

You've overcome thousands of thousands of obstacles because you knew you could, and that's something you should forever be proud of. You've blocked out the toxic people who only made your life miserable, which is something that made you even stronger. You watched peer pressure call you to things you never thought you would do, but because you're strong, you said "no".

But most importantly, although you fell short a couple of times of following the rules you made for yourself, you always stayed true to yourself. You never lost yourself in the things society promoted, or the false advertisements social media posted. You were always yourself, and that's something I want you to never forget how amazing that is.

Because you stayed true to yourself, you got through all those school years and all those obstacles with problems you knew how to fix, problems that may have given you some trouble, but not enough trouble to tear you down. You always rose above those issues and those fake people and stayed TRUE to YOURSELF.

And now look at you.

You graduated high school with a diploma to always look at so that you are reminded of how far you've come, how strong you truly are. And now you're spending a summer with family before going off to college, where you take your first steps of pursuing your dream of being a publisher. You made it to the real world and you'll continue to make it for the rest of your life.

Thank you for always being you and for never forgetting how truly special you really are.

Now, don't stop kicking ass and never stop following your dream.

You've got this.