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JulieC.Lara
3 min readMar 1, 2024

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Wanted You To Know

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To the Love of my Life:

ALEX LEE MENDOZA

I wanted to let you know

How important you are being in

My life.

I have always struggled in life

because of the traumatic events that

took place.

I blamed myself for so long.

Even after I knew it wasn’t my

fault I was just a kid.

Growing up, I didn’t have that self love

that everyone talks about.

Never did I see my worth or think

I was enough.

After my marriage ended, I stayed away from everyone just working on myself.

I found myself in a state of confusion and didn't recognize my identity.

It took years for me not to be

scared to be alone.

I noticed that my depression was getting worse, and I allowed my overthinking to take over, making my anxiety so far out there I distanced myself from the world.

The trust and abandonment issues played a major part as well.

I was tired of being used, abused and

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JulieC.Lara
JulieC.Lara

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