Eevee,

I can't believe how much everything has changed in such a short space of time. Everything is different... and yet I feel like all the important things are still in place.

Going back home was so strange. Seeing my old room, exactly as I left it all that time ago, the world of a small girl who didn't know anything about the galaxy... It's reminded me what's most important in life. The thing we need to keep with us at all times...

Love.

Not just love for others, for the trees and the wind, for animals and for music, but love for yourself. Myself.

I'm so lucky to have so many important people in my life who have helped to show me this. I'm so lucky to be allowed space to understand it properly, and now I'm no longer hesitant to express this.

I love you, Eevee. I love you more than words can express. I'm sorry it took me so long to realise this. You are safe, you are cherished, and you always will be. I promise. I am here for you.

You don't need to be scared anymore. I don't need to be scared anymore. Because I know that no matter what happens, my love for you will prevail through it all. My love for myself will prevail through it all.

We will always have one another, and I'm proud and grateful for where I came from, and who I have become. I'm ready, now, to step into tomorrow, whatever it offers.

Because I know that whatever happens, you will always be with me, and I will always be with you.

Love,
Eve