Every Day

Every day I was kind to you.

Every day you got tears in your eyes because I saw you, I saw your pain, I saw your your potential, I saw you.

Every day I showed respect for you as a human being, just like I did with every other person I came in contact with, and you learned from that.

Every day I told you that you were good and deserved to be loved and respected.

Every day I told you that you deserved to be touched, and every day I touched you.

Every day I treated you with tenderness because you had been shown so little of it.

Every day I overlooked your past and saw you for who you said you were and wanted to be.

Every day I sacrificed more of my life. I invested more into you and our life, more love, more trust, more hopes and dreams.

Every day I smiled at you, and every day I laughed.

Every day I worried about you.

Every day I encouraged you in everything you did. I told you that you were smart, successful, and special. How many people in our lives really know and appreciate how special we are?

Every day I encouraged your independence. I asked you what you really wanted, and I listened. I listened every day, and I heard, and I acted.

Every day I encouraged you to do things your own way, didn't try to make you do them like me.

Every day I told you people were good.

Every day I let you be who you are.

Every day I believed you, I believed you.

Every day I made your life better. 

Every day I gave you a gift, the gift of endless possibilities, of renewal, and love.

Every day.