You should know

Angel,

In the small moments when you begin to doubt yourself,

when in the quiet, the fear of not being enough creeps in,

when you are fearful of the grey and the creases and the years that have changed you,

in the times that you cannot sleep wondering if you are enough,

know this:

You are strong and have proven to yourself and the world of your strength.

You carry with you love enough to lift the world.

You have weathered the arrows and barbs of cruel words, and you are still standing tall.

You have a strength that lives in your spirit and in your limbs.

You are stronger than you know.

You are beautiful beyond measure.

You have a beauty that does not live in just your skin or your hair.

You have a beauty that cares not for the colour of your eyes nor the clothes you choose.

You have a beauty that is all of you and cannot be dimmed.

You are more beautiful than you know.

You are more than enough. You are more than you know.

Just me.