AN OPEN LETTER....

To the man who changed my life,

As I'm typing this letter, candlelight flickers on the desk, mixing with our favourite scent – fruity and sweet. Smell, like taste, is one of the strongest provocations of memory, and this candle lights up my heart like a torch as I appreciate our love.

What I love about us...

Our multi-dimensional relationship is built on transparency and truth, even when it hurts. It's built on unconditional support and wanting nothing but the best for each other, even if that means moving to the other side of the world. It's built on communication without convincing. (Frankly, if you need to convince someone to love you, they already don't; if you need to convince someone to respect you, they don't and never will.)

This romance is built on what we can give more than what we can get. In love and in life, you taught me that we can only get what we give. We become what we give.

When I met you, I was in a dark place and heart broken. I couldn't trust anyone fully and felt damaged beyond repair, but you were able to see past that – which was so different from most people's reactions, who just labelled me as fucked up. You showed me the kind of patience I needed for my heart to slowly heal, and you had this insight even when situations and my thoughts were messy. I'm eternally grateful for what you've given me in our relationship and my heart.

Is our relationship like a Disney movie? Nope!

We are about love and laughter as well as pain and tears. Truthfully, no one can have love and light without pain and darkness. And, only well-grounded individuals who appreciate, respect, and honour all sides of life and love can fully support each other no matter what life throws at them. That is love.

We both know how we've supported each other through darkness and what we would do for each other.

You have your friends and I have mine; you have your interests and I have mine. We are about expansion and growth (far and wide) rather than confinement and control. Our love isn't disguised with manipulation; we never have to question our motives – we're here to support each other and walk through life together as love, but as separate souls, because we are all individual people too – that is what makes us unique.

I want to acknowledge and thank you, because as you held my hand, you healed my heart – you changed my life.

I love you, Brodie (dec.11.09.2025).

P.S. Thank you for being there for me when I have no crutch for the emotions spilling through me and as I ugly cried. That is a part of love, an aspect of life, and a dimension of me.