You are worth every ounce of everything you stir up inside me. Loving you makes being me an infinitely greater experience. I am learning to see the world around me with the same soft eyes that look lovingly at you. This is one of the most profound ways that loving you has improved my life. It is so important to me that you not only know that I love you, but that you know that the very act of loving you is a gift to me.

You are an inspiring person, Craig. You inspired your counselor at Woodland Springs. You inspire your daughter. You inspire Pastor Brown. You inspire so many people that you meet, myself included.

You inspire because you exude kindness, compassion, and sensitivity. These are palpable qualities in you. They are essential to your character. I know this because I see how acting in kindness, compassion, and with sensitivity brings you back to yourself when you are feeling lost.

I know you feel sadness. I know you feel pain. However, even when you feel at your lowest, others can sense the light in you radiating through the outer veil of fog. I think of this as your enduring goodness…and I think it is what makes you so inspiring to others.

Believe me when I tell you that you are worthy of all of my love and praise, just as I believe you when you love and praise me. Love yourself because you love me and I love you and I love to love you and you love the things I love.