i don't think i tell you this enough, but i'm genuinely so proud of you. like, really, really proud of you :3 sometimes i wish i knew how to put everything i feel into words because "i'm proud of you" somehow never feels like enough to explain what i actually mean. i'm proud of you not just because of the things you accomplish or the moments where everything goes right, but because of who you are and the way you continue to move forward even when things aren't always easy. i see how much effort you put into the things that matter to you, even the little things you probably don't think anyone notices. i notice them :) i notice how hard you try, how much you care, how you keep showing up and giving things your best even when you're tired or when things don't turn out the way you hoped they would. i'm proud of you for every little step you've taken to get where you are now. i'm proud of you for growing, for learning, for changing, for figuring things out as you go :D i'm proud of you for the things you've accomplished, but i'm also proud of you for the things that you tried and didn't work out. i don't think something has to end perfectly for it to be something worth being proud of. sometimes just having the courage to try, to keep going, or to start again is already something worth celebrating :) and i hope you know that i see those things in you. you don't have to constantly prove yourself or do something amazing for me to be proud of you. you don't have to be perfect, you don't have to have everything figured out, and you don't have to always know what you're doing :3 you're allowed to take your time. you're allowed to make mistakes. you're allowed to have days where you don't feel like you're doing your best. none of those things make me any less proud of you. if anything, i hope you know that i'm proud of you even in the quiet moments, even when there's nothing to show for it, even when all you did that day was make it through and keep going :) sometimes i wish you could see yourself the way i see you, even just for a little while. maybe then you'd understand why i'm so proud of you :D you might look at yourself and see all the things you still want to improve, all the things you think you could've done better, or all the places where you feel like you're falling behind. but i see someone who's still learning and growing. i see someone who cares deeply about the things and people that matter to her. i see someone who keeps trying even when she doesn't always realize how much strength that takes. i see all the little things that make you you, and honestly, i hope you never feel like you have to become someone else just to be worthy of being proud of :) and i know there are probably moments when you don't feel proud of yourself at all. maybe there are days when you feel like you could've done more, been better, or handled something differently. but please don't let those moments make you forget everything you've already done. one bad day doesn't erase all the good ones. one mistake doesn't erase all the effort you've given. one thing going wrong doesn't suddenly mean that you aren't doing enough. you're human, and you're allowed to figure things out along the way :3 you don't have to have your entire life planned out just because everyone makes it seem like you should. i hope you give yourself credit for the things you usually overlook. for getting up and trying again. for learning something you didn't know before. for being there for people. for caring even when it's difficult. for continuing to dream about things and wanting more for yourself. for every small accomplishment that you almost immediately brush off because you think it's "not a big deal." maybe it isn't a big deal to everyone else, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth being proud of. you don't have to wait until you've achieved something huge before you allow yourself to say, "hey, i did good." :) and if nobody has told you lately, let me tell you how i'm sososo proud of you. i'm proud of how far you've come, even if you don't think you've come that far. i'm proud of the person you're becoming, even if you're still figuring out who you want to be. i'm proud of the effort you put into things, even when nobody is there to see it. i'm proud of you when you're confident and i'm proud of you when you're unsure. i'm proud of you when you're excited about something and i'm proud of you when you're just taking things one day at a time. you don't have to earn my pride by accomplishing something. it's already there :D i also hope you know that you don't always have to carry everything by yourself. you don't have to pretend that everything is okay all the time, and you don't have to feel guilty for needing a break. resting doesn't mean you're giving up. taking your time doesn't mean you're falling behind. sometimes you just need to breathe for a little while before you can keep going, and that's okay :) i hope you let yourself have those moments without feeling like you need to apologize for them. i don't know what the future is going to look like for you, and i don't think anyone really does. but i hope you keep giving yourself the chance to grow into whatever person you want to become. i hope you keep finding things that make you happy, keep learning things that excite you, keep making memories, and keep being the person you are :) and even when things don't go according to plan, i hope you remember that one moment doesn't define your whole story. you have so much more ahead of you, and you deserve to experience it without constantly feeling like you have to be perfect. so PLEASEUH, be a little kinder to yourself. give yourself the same patience and understanding that you give to other people. celebrate yourself a little more. let yourself be happy about the small things. let yourself be proud of the things you've done :3 and on the days when you can't do that for yourself, i hope this can remind you that i'll still be proud of youueue :D i'm sorry if i don't always know how to tell you how proud i am of you. i'm sorry if sometimes i don't say the right things, or if i don't know what to say when you need to hear it the most. i'm sorry if this isn't much, or if this little gift doesn't really come close to saying everything i want to say. i just hope you can understand that i mean every word of it :) i hope you know that even when i don't say it, even when i don't know how to show it, i'm always, always proud of you. and i'll keep cheering you on, even for the smallest things, because you deserve to have someone remind you just how far you've come. i cant give you anything personally right now so i guess ill just give it to you virtually hihi siguro sa future ok :3