Dear Angelica

A little over a week ago your heart was cut open.
Open. Exposed. Vulnerable.
Life interrupted. 
Life revived.
Life reborn.

No matter what you have been through..
Press on. Face it. Continue.

Mortality.
Questions.
Prayers.
Promises.
Pain.
Words.
Raw.. (Raw.)
Life, indescribable. 

Dear Angelica,
Welcome.

Welcome to the greatest adventure that few in this life get to go on.
A next level of living.
A next level of feeling.
A next level of experience. 

Experience..

Your experience.
Your experience, an opportunity.

An opportunity to feel what you could never imagine possible.
The good.
The bad. 
The most painfully indescribable. 

Know that you're not alone in this.
Know that your experience matters.
Know that this is for your good; no matter how bad it is.

It's time to learn to live again.
Feel again.
Fight again.
Rest again. 
Every tomorrow will be a new day in more than any "inspirational" quote will ever provide. 
Family won't understand. They'll try. Be gracious in their caring for your good.
Friends won't get it always. They'll try. Be kind to yourself, and them when they forget.
Strangers won't know. It's ok. You do.

Press on. Live. Continue.

Welcome every sunrise.
Wake up with appreciation to each new day given, no matter what you're facing.
Learn about yourself.
Listen.
Listen..
Listen.

Life.
Raw.
Indescribable.

Dear Angelica,
(Happy birthday)
Welcome, to life.

Take heart, today.