by aleatory » Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:56 pm
Dear ____,
Please please please don't ever feel down about yourself. Your brother is not more talented or better looking or a better person. You are the most wonderful, talented person I know, and the most beautiful- inside and out. I don't know entirely what's bothering you, I only know that it's leaving you so drained, and I hate that because I miss you being fully yourself. I miss movie references that I don't catch until you point them out and overly dramatic reactions and putting so much effort into understanding Socrates we all question if you're even human and singing that rivals an angel's and correcting people's pronunciation- it may have made other people frustrated with you but I never thought it was because you smiled when you did. I miss that smile.
I want more than anything to ask you what's wrong and then just be there for you like you've been there for everyone else all year, but I freeze up when I try to ask and I'm not great at comfort. Whenever I ask others about you, they say you'll be fine, and I really want that to be true, but somehow I feel like it's not. I just wish I could tell you how much I care, and how much I love seeing you happy. Seeing you in pain has been putting me through pain, and even if you only come to me in bad times, it's perfectly alright. I love hearing you talk, regardless of topic, and anything that would help you is my pleasure.
Much love and concern,
Tory