TO MY PARTNER WHO SAW ME AT MY WORST You have seen sides of me I am not proud of. The anxious version. The closed off version. The version that pushed people away before they could leave. You saw all of that and you didn't run. You didn't use it against me. You just quietly stayed and gave me the space to work through it. That kind of patience changed me. You loved me into becoming a better version of myself. I don't think anything I ever do will fully repay that.