To Whom It May Concern,

I honestly don't know where to start. This letter is applying to so many people. It sounds like a challenge to write, but I honestly have similar things to say to each and every one of you.

I find it so funny that at some point in my life, I had you on my mind and yearned for you. I cried into my pillow for you. I changed points in my personality for you. I took time out of my schedule for you. I did so much for you. But in the end, you didn't appreciate it. Your version of thanking someone for that was throwing them in the dirt and leaving without helping them up.

You did more than get my clothes dirty when you did that. You broke my heart.

Fixing a broken heart seemed impossible at the time. It was like every time I tried picking up a piece of my heart, a thought of you made me drop that piece. Sometimes I'd misplace the piece. Other times I'd just leave it there and cry over the fact that this is a puzzle I can never solve. I felt like it was hopeless.

But it's not.

It was a puzzle I simply had to take my time on. I couldn't rush to put it back together because if I did, it wouldn't come out right. I had to make it a step-by-step process. That first step would be to get you off my mind before I picked up another puzzle piece.

I had to keep telling myself things my negative mind didn't want to believe but were true. I had to tell myself that you weren't worth it. Were the times you treated me so poorly really worth the times you would send me those cute texts? Were the misunderstandings and miscommunications really worth the times you told me how beautiful I was?

Simple, easy answer:

The only person's opinion I need to worry about is me. How I see myself is more important than how others see me. I don't need a significant other giving me compliments that are actually empty and fake and don't mean anything in the end.

It's a cliche for me to say I'm a strong, independent woman. However, I don't know how else to put it. Because that's how I feel. I am stronger than I think I am when I am independent.

When the right person comes around, I'll be sure to stay strong when anything negative gets thrown my way. Until then, I need to keep my head held high.

Previously Yours Truly,
Catie Kopp.