The best birthday gift ever.

You carry so much love in your heart.

Give some. To yourself.

To the old me

What can I say except thank you? Thank you for putting up with me all these years.

You’ve carried my body and my mind all the way here.

It has not been without pain and suffering, but you have done it.

It would be useless to mention all the things you have overcome in the past 21 years, because how could I forget them?

You have been able to deal with the mockery, the anxiety, the fear that you will never be loved, that you will never be enough.

I’m your harshest judge, but I hope I’m also your most sincere friend.

When you do something wrong, I tell you, I shout it out to you.

But when you succeed, it is true that sometimes I forget.

At the dawn of this 22nd year, I wanted to apologize; to apologize for not celebrating you enough.

I hope you can forgive me.

I promise you for this 22nd year that I will always be on your side.

Happy birthday, Christelle.

Don’t wait until your birthday to congratulate or forgive you. Thank yourself every day for being by your side. Love yourself. In the present, but also for the past. Forgive yourself for all the mistakes you have made that continue to turn in your mind. Forgive yourself for just being you.

Take care of yourself.