My family:

I know now what I should have known six years ago: I should have believed in you, even in your failures. It does not serve us altogether, nor individually, to just keep seeing failures. I’m sorry I kept myself blindsided. Nothing good will ever erase the truths that hurt, but I will no longer lead myself to believe that we do not deserve any goodness at all. I’m sorry for everything and I hope you are, too. But I will not take anything back. This is the first time I can say that out loud. Our life is what it is supposed to be. Do not expect much of me, except that I will always try for you. I understand now. I love you, always.