My best friend, my love, thank you.
Lee. Sigh. You have been my light, my reason, my best friend. I have not known someone as selfless as you. Thank you endlessly for everything you have done for me. The utmost respect you have shown me as a partner and as a person. You don't tell me to "just stop it" when I cry my eyes out and pass out in front of you: BECAUSE of loving you and not wanting to lose you. You don't tell me I'm high maintenance. You don't tease me and gain pleasure from annoying the shit out of me. You appreciate my love and give it back equally. You don't date my best friends. If someone really hurts me; you will fight them. You don't obsess over other woman you see on the internet and lie to me about it. You don't push harder when I yell stop with tears in my eyes. You don't bruise my arms and legs every day. You stick with me. You wait for hours and hours in the emergency room and hold me. You make sure I'm okay if I'm having a super tough time. You never tell me that it's simply "not your job" to make me happy. We thrive off each other's happiness and that's how it's meant to be. I had no idea how abused and taken for granted I was before you came along. I had no idea what he had in store for me, how much physical, emotional and mental turmoil he would cause me to the point of me attempting suicide twice. You were there through it all, you were there both of those times and physically stopped me. You cradled me so tightly when I was crying all of my tears out over him and you never let go. I've yelled at you telling you it's all your fault and resented you and told you to get out of my life multiple times and said I'll never love you as much as I loved him. And every one of those times you have stayed despite my shallow and self destructive wishes. And all he has done is continually hurt me deeper and deeper, more permanently with each blow. You don't get mad when I wake you up every night with my violent nightmares about him. You are patient when he's all I talk about. I just cannot believe your unfailing loyalty and kindness. You were really the most beautiful treasure in disguise. Thank you, my dearest friend, my love. My angel. I pray that I can be as good to you as you are to me.
