Una lettera aperta al mio ex fidanzato

Caro ex fidanzato,

I know you probably weren’t expecting me to write since it has been such a long time since the last time I laid my eyes on you… when you mailed out that letter that broke my heart in two, and you decided to say goodbye.

Per molti anni mi hai fatto capire chiaramente che non ero abbastanza per te. Spesso hai fatto di tutto per ricordarmi tutto ciò che non andava in me a causa della mia paralisi cerebrale. Mi dicevi quanto ti vergognavi e ti imbarazzava di me e del modo in cui Dio mi aveva creato.

Sono arrivata al punto in cui ho iniziato a credere a te e a tutto ciò che dicevi. Era come se mi avessi incantato con i tuoi pensieri negativi.

I had begun to doubt myself as a young women. I was thinking that I wasn’t beautiful; thinking that I was the brutto anatroccolo in the pond when I was BEAUTIFUL the whole time. There was nothing wrong with me. It’s sad to say you finally saw that I was a shining star in the galaxy…but only once you said goodbye and walked out of my life forever.

It’s sad to say you realized every mistake you made once you found out that I had moved on to a young man; that you finally saw everything that makes me BEAUTIFUL and regretting the day you said, “Goodbye”.

Looking back, I begin to realize that you were blind and that you couldn’t see a single thing great about me being unique but that’s okay. Tutti impariamo e cresciamo dai nostri errori.

I just want to say “thank you” for inspiring me to want to educate people about disabilities and being a part of my life story. I’ll always carry a special place in my heart for you and wish you nothing but the very best but I want you to remember that every woman is a beautiful woman, regardless of shape, size or skin color—no women is ugly

Spero che tu tratti la tua nuova ragazza meglio di come hai trattato me, perché si merita il mondo.

Cordiali saluti

da Tylia Flores