@melissajbyrnex: For as long as I can remember, I’ve felt like all I want to do is make others happy for so long. No matter what. No matter if I don’t enjoy it, or it’s not good for me, or I’m not well enough. I bought tickets for us to go & listen to an orchestra play Zimmer vs Williams this afternoon. It was Andrews Christmas gift. Something he’s been looking forward to for so long. I started to feel so unwell on Friday, but powered through a day in Manchester yesterday for my stepdaughters birthday & thought I could do the same today. The whole car journey there I felt absolutely wiped, make up masked what was underneath, so does this filter goddamn 😂 We made it to the outside of City Hall in Sheffield when he turned to me and said ‘we don’t have to go, y’know.’ This was after sitting in a pub where he didn’t take his eyes off me. I asked what he was looking at me for & he said ‘I just know you’re struggling’ I suppose the whole point in this post is just a thank you to Andrew. I remember when I was 13 & I was sick on the way to a family day out. I so wanted to go back home but my Mum told me I would ruin the day. So I powered through, to make everyone happy. That behaviour continued - and still does to this day - until I finally found someone who would turn round & say ‘I’d much rather you’re okay than going to this, let’s go home’. I feel so sorry that we haven’t gone but it is just one of those things. Never once has he made me feel like it’s all my fault, or that I’ve ruined everything. So in the midst of snotty tissues, high temperature & absolutely no energy, this man continues to give me space to heal, all the while understanding me better than I know myself. This may seem massively dramatic but let me tell you, rewriting thoughts & healing out loud calls for a bit of dramatics. So, a reminder. It’s okay if you can’t, if you’re unable or if you just don’t want to. Those who know you, & love you, will be right there expecting nothing but giving you everything. To be loved, is to be seen 🫶🏼 @homewiththebyrnes the starts aligned when you came into my life, I could never be without you.

Melissa Byrne 🐝

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