Growing up, we are shown what love should and should not look like. We are given examples in our lives that we look up to that help shape the love that we give to others. People come and go in your life and you learn new things from each person that comes in and leaves. So, to that boy who left...Thank you.

Thank you for helping me realize that I shouldn't accept anything less than what I deserve. For the longest time, I thought that you were the only thing that I needed. For a lot of that time, I didn't see that what I was getting from you wasn't okay and wasn't what I deserve. When I finally started to realize that, you helped me start to look more into how people treat me.

Thank you for making me stronger. When you left, I had no idea what to do with myself. I had gotten so used to doing everything with you, and then I was on my own. I grew stronger through the heartache.

Thank you for helping me become closer to the people that I needed the most. When you left, I turned to the people who I had started pushing away earlier. I became closer with my friends, family, and others who I had never realized that I needed.

Most of all, thank you for helping me see that I needed to put myself first. I had always put you first. I changed for you, just so you would see me the way I thought you wanted to see me. I realize now that I should never have changed for you. If I want to change myself, it should be for me. Thank you for helping me see that I am important and that I shouldn't have to change for anybody else.