Dear Ellie:

I truly pray that you grow to develop a sense of discernment and the ability to able to see truth in even the most uncomfortable of situation. You see comfort can not always be are main concern. Sometimes we have to look past what we want to see and really understand what is looking us in the face. And it may not always be easy. In fact there are times when I’m just so mentally drained from the world but I would never prefer to wear rose colored glasses. You see my baby there’s a difference between fool’s gold and real gold. Fool’s gold may look like real gold but it doesn’t have the strength, value, or longevity of real gold. What’s golden to me is not allowing someone to take my life and tell me I did it to myself, its the ability to look past the reality others, who have never experienced the things I have, try to paint. You have to be aware of the world you live in my baby otherwise people will feed you manure and call it meatloaf and worst yet you will believe them. It can be a tiring tightrope to walk when you are trying to move away from the platform society wants you to stand on and move toward who you truly know yourself to be. But always remember that your balance stick is made of your own intelligence, will power, determination, and the support of your family. And don’t worry about the net below you; it can become an illusion of an easy way out when you stumble or look down. Just stay focused on your journey my baby, help who you can as you are not walking alone, and no matter what hold on to what is truly golden.

Love You Always,

Mommy

P.S. To the little girl reading this no matter where or who you are please search for your own truth about your world. Not the tiny world we all live in that revolves around our actions but the real one, the one that keeps spinning with or with out us. And not your parent’s truth, or the truth that you wish to be true, but the one that can not be logically disputed, the one that once you find it you can never turn away from.