I watched

From 2005 to the past1

Dear Ashley.2

The next couple of years is going to be a breaking point. Trust me I was there. I saw you're father and you're mother, I watched them fight and the way they raged at each other. I watched you, I watched you grow, I watched you fight, I watched you lose everything you loved as you took care of a child that was not you're own.3

I also watched a transformation, I watched as you stepped out into the world a bit, I watched as you made friends for the first time, and as you tested yourself with you're parents and your emotions. 4

I watched you're friendship with Ana grow, and I watched the way you acted towards your prince. I also watched as you met HIM, I watched you fall in love for the first time, and I watched you feel the most overwhelming sense of heated passion you'd ever experienced in your life. I then watched as you're heart broke in two and the deceit that you felt. I watched the tears course down you're cheeks every single night for several months in a row. 5

I watched when you met Karen. And the day you decided she was your soul sister. I watched you share your secrets, no longer ashamed of what they were, because you know you could trust you're dearest friends.6

I watched you struggle to decide what you felt, I watched you struggle to find out who you truly are. 7

I'm warning you of all this in advance, leaving out the details, telling you to make a choice. Knowing that in only a short time your going to hit your breaking point, you're world is going to come crashing down around you, and telling you, that you must choose. Either turn away, or continue down this path of insanity.8

But I am sure you have noticed by now, that I am here, I am writing this. And I am ahead of your time. So you must know, that no matter your choices, no matter the pain, no matter the suicidal thoughts that grip you... You will make it, and you will be OK. Trust in yourself and hold yourself tall, because you will make it through.9

Thinking of days long lost,10

Ashley11

P.S. When your 17, and you come across a contest by two girls, combine named, Lage, do it.12