to whom it may concern.

you taught me how to love.

you taught me that to love another you must love yourself.

you taught me that second chances don't always happen 

when you want them to--sometime they don't happen at all.

you taught me that loving someone can be easy.

and that falling out of love can be equally as hard.

I suppose most importantly and probably inadvertently you taught me patience and faith. 

you taught me to be patient with myself. 

i won't always make the right choices.

i won't always say the right thing.

i may change my mind about what i think i need.

but faith in love will always be there to catch me when i fall.

 I've learned that although people change, memories don't.

and that's what i'm holding dear.