*Originally published 11/13/15*
Dear Lyme,
We’ve been together for over three years now and there are some things I’d like to say to you.
First, I’d like to thank you for taking my life and turning it completely upside down. Thank you for taking away my adolescence and making me grow up way ahead of schedule. Thank you for making me quit my sports, school and many other activities because you get to dictate my life. I was put up against the harshness of politics, medicine, and money before I’ve even had to face my first college exams, because of you. Thank you for giving me no control over my body; giving me the shakes, taking my breath away, giving me nausea, and refusing to let me rest. You’ve made me come face to face with the fact that my life won’t turn out like the fairytale I’d dreamed up and I now know that that’s the real world. But sometimes, I wish you weren’t so generous.
Thank you for making it easy for me to tell who truly cares about me and who doesn’t. You also introduced me to my best friends and my “Lymie” family, and without you I would have never met them. You’ve showed me how strong I am, and for that I actually am grateful. You’ve taken my life and turned it upside down, sideways, diagonal and every way imaginable. We met when I was 14. Who knows, we may have crossed paths years before that.
I’ve come to the realization that we will be together for the rest of my life, but I will no longer let you control me. You better be scared for Pete 2.0 coming in December.💪🏻
Sincerely,
Cassidy Colbert
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