I keep thinking how my life would be so different without you.

I don’t know if I would be who I am if it wasn’t for you and the way you molded my life.

I would be missing all the things that make me stronger that make me who I am.

I would be missing the appreciation of the simple things, such as when I smile.

A simple smile that means nothing too many, but to me it means the world.

I understand now how to appreciate the morning dew, the midnight breeze on a cold night.

I understand that for so many reasons my life has been molded by you, I let you do it.

I regret nothing, I remember all and I value everything.

I get to see how my life is so different and the same.

I live another day, not in the shadows of protection, but with the scars of war to fight again.

Tears while others see them as pain, I have learned to see them as badges of humility and valor.

A simple sigh, while others see it as a relief, I see it as a break from the pain.

How different my life would have been, I would not have appreciated the fact that you left.

A person saying a simple good-bye, to me an open door to a new life.

A door that has been opened and will not close to the possibility of new beginnings.

Yes possibilities now projected in everyday toils, and my life once again molded, now by me.

Thank you, in all honesty all the pain, the struggle, the battle, the war€¦ it was all worth it.

I would not change it, I admire it.

By: Violet Avina