Thank you, for leaving me.

Thank you, for leaving me when I was little.

Thank you, for not putting me through the pain of watching you leave.

Thank you, for leaving me with the best mother a daughter could ask for.

I no longer resent you. I no longer feel anger towards you. I wondered for so long who I was. I thought that because I didn’t know half of my blood that I was somehow missing something. I thought that who you were defined me. I was wrong. I am my own person. I am strong and capable and you have nothing to do with that. So thank you for leaving me.

In my most vulnerable of times, I struggled with the fact that you didn’t want me. You could have watched me grow into the person that I have become, but you didn’t. You had a choice to be in my life. I thought that the fact that my own father didn’t want me spoke to my own worth. I was wrong. I am so worthy. I am deserving, and you have nothing to do with that. So thank you for leaving me.

You have missed so much. From my first dance to my first day of college, and you’ll continue to miss everything. You won’t see me graduate, you won’t walk me down the aisle, and you won’t get to see me follow my dreams. You’ll never get that back, but I don’t care anymore. What I have been through, and the struggles that I have faced have brought me to where I am today, and I can’t complain. I go to a beautiful school, I have the best of friends, I have an amazing family, and that’s all I really need.

Whoever you are, I hope you read this. I hope you understand that you have missed out on one of the best opportunities in your life. I could’ve been your daughter. I could have been your little girl. Now I am neither, nor will I ever be.

So thank you for leaving me because I am happy. I understand my self-worth, and I understand that you don’t define me. You have made me stronger. You have helped make me who I am without even knowing it.

So, thank you for leaving me.