Uma carta aberta ao meu ex-namorado

Caro ex-namorado,

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.

Durante muitos anos, deixou bem claro que eu não era suficientemente bom para si. Muitas vezes, esforçava-se por me lembrar de tudo o que havia de errado comigo por causa da minha paralisia cerebral. Dizia-me que se sentia envergonhado e embaraçado por mim e pela forma como Deus me criou.

Chegou a um ponto em que comecei a acreditar em ti e em tudo o que dizias. Era como se me tivesses enfeitiçado com os teus pensamentos negativos.

I had begun to doubt myself as a young women. I was thinking that I wasn’t beautiful; thinking that I was the patinho feio 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. Todos nós aprendemos e crescemos com os nossos erros.

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

Espero que estejas a tratar a tua nova namorada melhor do que me trataste a mim, porque ela merece o mundo.

Com os melhores cumprimentos

por Tylia Flores