past, present, future

dear Hannah in 2011,

you were finishing high school this year. you were in so much pain. your insides felt so broken. I know the agony that walking through the halls caused you. I know how you skipped every football game. I know how you avoided prom. I know how you walked with your head down and tears streaming down your face. but I also know how much you grew as a person that year. you helped tiffany so much. you were kind and faithful in a world that treated you like nothing. you proved them all wrong. you graduated honorably. you got into a perfect school for you. you made new friends and started over. you still loved a boy though. in 2011, you still believed that he would always love you. two year later, I'm here to tell you he doesn't. I'm here to tell you I'm proud of how much you have over come. and I'm proud of your dedication and perseverance. you make it some day. I promise.

dear Hannah of 2013,

you graduate next year. you are working so hard and have such big goals. you have a very sweet boyfriend who is pretty cute if I do say so. you have a best friend again. she's your roommate and the two of you are hilarious together. you are smart and are learning how to handle life as it comes. you still believe in love, but you know now that it isn't going to make or break the world. you learned how to love yourself first. you are working on boundaries right now. sometimes you get excited and say too much. but sometimes you get scared and say not enough. you are happy. you are also very lucky to have so many people who love you for you. never doubt that.

dear Hannah in 2015,

hopefully I find you in grad school getting your masters to be a psychologist. or maybe you are in the peace corps now. either way, I hope you are working towards something. I wonder if you are still dating Kyle. if you are, wow, congrats. that's two years. good job. I hope you are happy if you are with someone (Kyle or otherwise) or if you are single don't feel pressure. you are only 22. you have years to fall in love and get married. or maybe you got married already. who knows. I just hope you can look back on everything and smile, knowing that you've made it wherever you are and you're going somewhere wherever that may be.