Dear riley,

You'll always be my sweet boy even if you're not mine anymore.

I really didn't want to leave you, but I had to.

If I'm being honest with you baby, I felt held down. I felt trapped. Not that you were holding me back, but I felt like I had outgrown it.

I didn't stop loving you, you did absolutely nothing to make me see you differently or that you were less than you were before.

You were everything to me. You still are. You are genuinely the most beautiful person I've ever met, inside and out. You carry yourself to such a spectacular standard, you are respectful no matter the boundaries, you go through the days even if you're holding on only by a thread, you are strong and you are the reason I go through my days with the same optimism and joy.

You taught me what love is supposed to feel like.

I'll always love you.
I'm sorry it had to end.