Dear Girl

Dear Girl,

You have sparkle written all over you. Did you know that? When you smile, you fill the room with a shine, radiance that no one does quite like you. I see it in the every day things and the times that mean the most to you. The first sip of pumpkin spice latte, your fingers finally feeling warmth as you hold it close to your nose, smiling as if fall is right there. The girls’ night, where Cinderella Story never gets old and the handsome prince is still mouth dropping as you laugh and sip on red wine. The way you still ‘sigh’ and ‘aww’ at the cute dogs, purses, boys, and anything under ‘simply must have it category’.

That sparkle still shines even on rough days, and days where you just want to stay in bed all day, call in sick, go shopping and drain everything but your eyes. The day you find you have to work a double, where your dog pukes on the floor, and the car breaks down all in twenty-four hours. The boy who told you forever, and you happened to believe this time was real. The heartache of losing a loved one. Through all of this, even if that flicker of light doesn’t shine as bright, its still there, because you were born to be resilient.

Look that boy that broke your heart in the eye, and say “that’s okay”, because God is not letting you settle and he’s going to give you a guy that loves all your quirks, stumbles and achievements. He wont walk away when things get rough or just “aren’t working”.  Treat yourself after that double or rough day. Stay in bed 10 minutes longer, buy a cute dress just because, or hang out with a cute guy for a night. Make yourself sparkle, keep putting things, people, anything, that makes you shine and helps you extend to your full potential and leave all the rest. Because they say that when you emit happiness, other people catch on, just like a spark.

Go get em girl. I have faith in you. You’ll trip, and hell, you may even eat pavement, but you’ll work a broken nose great, and you’ll have girl’s night to laugh it off and a boy that thinks it cute when you wince as you sneeze. You’ll be fine. Know how I know that? Because I have a sparkle, a glow that hasn’t left me yet, through heartbreaks and tears, and I see it in you too, the indestructible glow.

Love-

A girl that’s still dazzling