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Life is just so much more beautiful when you show your emotions instead of counting on the fact that your loved ones will know how you feel about them without you telling them or showing them.

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Would you encourage me to stop beating myself up so much? Would you wish that I did a better job of learning to love myself? Would you push me to take better care of myself, to think more of myself, to recognize my strengths more?

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I don’t want to keep talking about you in the past tense, retelling the same old stories because there are never going to be any new ones again.

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You are brave.

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You deserve to be talked about. You deserve to be bragged about. Your memory deserves to be kept alive. 

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While it may be annoying to hear your mother continuously ask if you’ve gone on any dates, it is important to remember that she is only doing this because she cares.

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I hope that the colors of this life never stop amazing you, that your eyes never cease to widen, that your soul never dares stop stirring

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To those I love who have not experienced the debilitating feeling of anxiety every day and all day, I need you to know a few things about my generalized anxiety disorder.