ME:

You’re not gonna modify it?

HIM:

No! I actually wanna grow up a little bit … I’m just picturing myself showing up to a business meeting in THIS thing now!

ME (To Myself):

YES!!! That was literally my goal, Son! “SEE” what you want to become!

ZACK:

I’m so proud of you, Christian! You, too, honey! See that? I told you he was gonna be okay. He just needed you to keep having faith in him “as he was“, just like you always did in me, and he needed the right girl beside him, just like I ever did!

ME:

THANK YOU, Zachariah, for this kingdom you built for me to reign in and the tiara that adorns my head now. I might not have been able to do this for him had it not been for everything YOU helped ME “see” in myself!

ZACK:

NO! I wouldn’t have been able to BUILD a single without you by my side for the most beautiful season of all our lives. We built this kingdom TOGETHER … and now THEY are gonna build one of their own! JUST SIT BACK AND WATCH THEM AND KEEP HAVING FAITH!

ME:

Hey, Papa? Is it my imagination, or is he finally starting to come around? He’s been hell bent on fighting those demons of his alone and digging his way out of the hole WE all dug for him and had it stuck in his head that after all the “fuck ups and blunders” he’s been constantly reminded of he doesn’t deserve a thing from anyone. He’s so determined to do everything on his own now so that no one can throw anything back in his face or hold his successes over his head. All he does is work, he never seems to sleep, and he’s been running his race so damn hard trying to make up for all the time he only thinks he’s lost and I needed to find a way to help him with all the heavy stuff he’s been carrying. So? THANK YOU! Thank You for helping him let me help him. And also? THANK YOU for letting me be his momma, and especially for letting me be YOUR favorite daughter. I LOVE YOU!

PAPA:

Just know that all the things you own are borrowed and all you get to keep is all you’ve shared. By the way, I’m proud of YOU, and, DUH, of course you’re my favorite daughter! If you ever forget that, JUST LOOK INTO A MIRROR!

(ps)

I LOVE YOU MORE!