Dear Kathy,

I am so proud of you. I am proud of the woman you have become and all you have done to get to where you are today. I’m sure you are sitting down looking pretty, taking a mini break in your office with some expensive coffee and bomb fit. If this is true and you are indeed sitting pretty let me remind you of all you have done to give you extra strength today or a reminder to continue being thankful. Remember even on your bad days, there is always a good day right after. Remember that pain is weakness leaving the body and it is okay to feel what you feel it builds character like shane would tell you. You’ve come a long way from being someone who had her own back at a young age, to having many jobs, to dealing with crucial life circumstances that felt never ending to being the woman the younger version of yourself would admire and look up to. Although you have more growing to do, more lessons to learn, more knowledge to attain, you little warrior you little speck on earth are a once in a lifetime type of gal because of how you take life in and try everyday to be better than who you were the day before. You are a smart and a shepherd, a leader, a courageous outgoing kind woman who deserves what life has given you because you took action everyday to ensure your place all by yourself. I’m sure you are way smarter than the me right now writing this to future Kathy, remember your favorite quote and live by it everyday because life keeps going even when it feels like it doesn’t.