for when you fall in love

dear you,

when you fall in love, don't forget the woman you are today, the woman you are alone

how you live for your family and your friends

how you love pineapples on your pizza how you love cheesy 90s love songs and how you love anything and everything retro

always keep in mind that you're a dreamer... i really hope you never let anyone change that

might i remind you that you are still you. you'll always be but now, it's just you plus a "him"/ "her" but you alone have always been and always will be powerful creative passionate intelligent brave empathetic thoughtful loving resilient and just overall wise beyond your years

i know life's changed now that you're in love but, please don't forget how much you've grown

from when someone took advantage of you from when the best friend who always had your back left you from when your own ability to feel left you

and don't forget how much you have to grow as well as the things you want to achieve the people you'll meet and work with the friendships you'll make (and break) the house you'll buy for yourself and your family

i hope this person loves you as much as you've grown to love yourself

has he/she done his homework?

did he/she study the stretch marks that display how much you've bloomed? and those paintings that your eczema left behind... does he/she kiss them goodnight?

i hope he/she treats every single cell in your body as if it was a gift to him/her

tell me... is he/she all you've ever dreamed of?

have you shown him/her your sense of humour and does he/she actually laugh with you? does he/she wipe your tears away with his thumb when you cry? is he/she always down for self-care nights? and does he/she anticipate trying out new recipes with you? when you dance, do your bodies fit together like pieces of a puzzle?

does he/she sing with you? or does he/she prefer listening to you sing to yourself when you think no one's watching?

does he/she pick flowers for you? even better, does he/she place them in your hair? or does he/she just comb your hair with his/her fingers until you fall asleep next to him/her?

i hope you're finally getting that dose of cuddles that you've always wanted

and i can't help but ask... is he/she your "type"?

did your jaw drop when you saw him/her for the very first time? or did you not at all expect to fall in love with him/her?

or maybe you've known him/her forever and it just happened that now is when you realized he/she was the one for you

regardless of who he/she is... i hope he's/she's the one you've been waiting for all your life no matter how short or long it's been that you've felt in love, i hope he/she still gives you butterflies i hope he/she makes you smile i hope his/her kisses leave tingles on your skin because you deserve this, you do

you should feel like you're his/her one and only girl like it's just you and him/her like all the goodness in you blooms when you're around him/her like he's/she's your sunshine in the rain

and you, you little princess i hope you remember to tell him/her you love him/her everyday and you mean it

i hope he/she appreciate everything you do for him/her and how you ignore your phone and give him/her all your attention when he's/she's around and how you play with his/her hair and how you leave him/her random sticky notes and how you're open to learn about what ever he's/she's passionate about

whether you read this when you're 13

or if you read this when you're 16 or if you read this when you're 22 i hope you've finally found the one for you

keep loving hard, my dear

please never forget that you loved yourself first

V