My two best friends and I have gone through a couple pretty rough break ups with some less-than-stellar boys the past few months. After talking to many people, each with their own two cents and long list of advice, my dad gave me the best little nugget of wisdom. He said to "write a thank you note." So today, in the spirit of the upcoming holiday, I will be grateful, and I will say thank you.
To the boy who walked away,
I have said many, many things to you in the past weeks, but I don't think I ever said thank you. Reflecting back on the past year of my life, I realize that I do indeed have many things to be thankful for, and you played a huge role in that. So today I am here to recognize what you have done for me and to thank you for it.
I want to begin with thanking you for no longer wasting my time. I have my whole life to spend with one person and for a while there, I thought it might have been you. Now I can consider myself one step closer to being with my life partner, thanks to you. My only regret? That you didn't walk away sooner.
I want to thank you for the lessons you taught me. You taught me that I deserve a man. You are a boy, which means you are selfish, not always honest and not necessarily respectful. Those things are to be expected in a boy, but I don't deserve that. You taught me I deserve someone who is devoted to Christ, first and foremost. You taught me that I need to be with someone who can accept that I have flaws and wants to help me to improve myself, instead of a boy who tries to change me into what he thinks I should be.
Thank you for throwing my life into perspective and making me realize that my priorities were all out of line. All too often, you were my priority, the most important, and you didn't deserve to be. Looking back now, I can see how toxic that was for me.
Thank you for giving me my life back. Thank you for my time, my love, the lessons learned, everything. I genuinely mean this. My quality of life, my happiness, my attitude, my mental health, everything has improved since you left and now I am in a position to be grateful and happy.
Thank you,
The girl you left
