TO THE PEOPLE WHO HELD ME TOGETHER

Some people helped me through the hardest moments of my life, and today, I just want to say thank you. Some of you are still around. Some aren’t. And that’s okay. Life took us different ways. Maybe time and distance changed how we show up for each other. But no matter where you are now, I carry you with me.

When I was falling apart, you were there. You showed up when everything felt too heavy and my heart hurt in ways I can’t explain. Sometimes with words. Sometimes with silence. Sometimes just by being there, even if you didn’t know what to say. You stayed on the phone when I had nothing to talk about. You reminded me — in your own ways — that I was still here, still breathing, and could get through one more day.

You didn’t have all the answers. You couldn’t fix everything. And you didn’t have to. What mattered is that you stayed. Or that you showed up when I needed someone most, even if neither of us realized it at the time.

A lot of the strength I have today, I owe to you.

To the friend who believed in me when all I did was doubt myself. To the ones who brought back my smile when I was sure it was gone for good. To those who fought for me when I was too tired to keep going.

I know some of us don’t talk like we used to. Some of us might never talk again. And some of you are still right here. But no matter wherever you ended up, you mattered to me. You still do.

So yeah.... thank you. For what you did. For what you were. And for what you’ll always mean to me.

This one's for you — the people who saved me, in ways you probably never realized.

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