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To The Girl Before Me

I never knew I could appreciate a stranger, but I do.

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"Thank you!" was the first thing I thought of when you came to mind. You don't know me and I don't know you, but I'm thankful for you. It's funny how a stranger can be thankful for someone they never met. I don't hate you nor do I envy you, I just simply appreciate you for losing a guy so special.

Maybe your relationship was once the best thing in your life at one point. You both were so happy and everything was great. I'm thankful for that as well, because he experienced everything you are that I am not. He loves who I am, which is everything you are not. That's why we fit so perfectly together. So thank you for being everything opposite of me.

Thanks for being so quite and taken aback, because now he's with a loud free spirit. Thanks for being so "organized" because now he appreciates my spontaneity! Thank you for being such a goody-goody because that has made him love that I stand for what I believe in. Most importantly, I appreciate that you had no idea how to love him sufficiently. Now he knows what it feels like to be adored from head to toe, to his heart through his soul.

You probably now know what you let slip through your hands! Now that you see that gorgeous smile, that once glanced at you, strike in my direction. You now long for his voice, but it no longer speaks your name. I'm so thankful that what slipped for you, I caught. I had no idea I was going to find my soul mate, but isn't that when you do? When you aren't looking? You may have been his first in a lot of things, but nothing beats being his last! What you thought you had and promised you'd be is now what I get to be for him! I am forever grateful for that! You losing him changed my life and gave him his.

So, thank you for being you. You, which isn't what he wanted, but is what some one else is looking for. I am grateful your relationship with him fell through or else I wouldn't have found the man of my dreams. I am sure there is someone out there for you that just isn't my fish and I do hope that you find your Prince Charming just as I have. I have no hard feelings at all toward you. I'm just so glad you're the worst thing he ever had.

Thank you.

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