“I’ve had love, and I’ve lost love. I’ve earned love, taken advantage of love, had my love abused, and spread love like wildfire. I’ve seen love, felt love, and even tasted love. Witnessed love, and seen it disappear right before my very eyes. I’ve held onto love more often than I should’ve, and have given love when I had none left to give. But through it all, I’ve still managed to have more love in me now than when I first started.

And I owe it all to the people who didn’t love me. At least not in the way I deserved to be loved.

So thank you. Thank you to the exes that broke my heart, or gave me a reason to break up with them. The boys who were selfish, manipulative, and withheld crucial information. The boys who rode in on donkeys dressed in white stallion costumes wearing knock-off suits of armor. The ones who sold fake fairytales they already knew the endings to, and auctioned off broken promises held together with tape. The immature boys who were overly possessive and thought they could pass off insecurity as “love.” The ones who hit below the belt without even laying a finger on me. The ones that lead me on … and on … and on. The race car drivers that turned 180º’s in record time. The magicians whose disappearing acts had David Blaine calling on the other line. And the storytellers who were so good at their craft they actually believed their own lies. The boys who would rather take a bullet point blank than tell the truth. 

To all the boys I’ve loved before, for showing me I deserved so much more.”

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