To My Dear, Dear Friend

May 24th, 2006

To My Dear, Dear Friend,
Three days after getting engaged.

JC-

Thank you for being who you are to me.
You deserve every wonderful thing that is happening to you.

Be proud of who you are and what you have.
You are who you are because of the life you have lived.
Embrace this.
Reward yourself with joy and love.

Treat yourself well.
Treat yourself as well as you treat others and as well as others treat you.
Being married will become a part of you, it will not take over who you are.
You will retain your shape and enrich your life.

Cry when you want to cry.
Laugh when you want to laugh.
Love as you need to be loved.
Give what you may not have gotten.
Forgive what needs to be forgotten.
Find a happy medium, don’t forget your friends, or yourself, but never forget your Love.

You now are a part of a pair.
You are two crystal champagne glasses sitting in a china closet.
Delicate.
Strong.
Beautiful.
Full of fun.
Together, surrounded by other treasured things.

Let yourself be who you are.
Don’t be sorry for having it all.
Work hard to keep what you have.
Strive for more,
But most of all, love, love, love.


-LP