To The Girl Who Waited Too Long

 Dear Mooney,

This letter is for everyone who waited for too long. You know waiting isn't always a quiet hope - sometimes, it's a slow ache you learn to carry alone.

You spent too much time holding your breath, hoping he'd come back. Hoping that one day, the waiting would be worth it. That the silence between you two wasn't the end but a pause. That he'd finally choose you, like you had chosen him a thousand times in your heart.

But waiting is cruel kind of love. It doesn't show up with flowers or promises. It show up with empty days and night filled with "what if's". It's not patience - it's a slow unravelling of hope, thread by thread, until all that's left is the weight of what never came.

You waited for signs - texts that never came, calls that never rang, eyes that didn't meet yours anymore. You waited for words that got stuck in his throat or for moments that slipped through your fingers like sand. You waited, hoping to be enough, hoping to be seen, hoping to be chosen.

But he never came back.

And waiting changed you.

It made you quieter. It made you doubt yourself. It made you question your worth. 

You told yourself you were strong for waiting, for holding on when others might have given up.
But the truth is, waiting didn't make you strong - it made you tired.

Tired of hoping.

Tired of wondering.

Tired of standing in the same place while everything else moved forward.

You waited, and in that waiting, you lost yourself. The girl who believed in happy endings started to disappear. She was replaced by someone afraid to trust her own heart, someone who learned the hard way that sometimes love doesn't come back - even if you wait forever.

But here's what you need to hear:

It's okay to stop waiting.

It's okay to turn away from the empty space where he should have been.

It's okay to grieve the love that never showed up.

Because waiting for someone who doesn't come back isn't love - it's a story you deserve to rewrite.

You deserve to be the girl who chooses herself. The girl who knows her worth, even when no one else does. The girl who stops holding her breath and starts breathing again.

You waited to long, yes. But now, it's time to wait for something better - wait for yourself.

Wait for the day you'll smile without pain.

Wait for the love you'll never have to chase.

Wait for the moment when you finally come home to yourself.

Because the girl was waiting too long? She's still here. She's stronger than she knows. And she's ready to start living for herself, not for someone who never showed up.

This letter is your permission to let go of the waiting. To stop hoping for a love that was never meant for you. To start believing in the love that's waiting inside you.

You don't have to wait anymore.

You're free now.

                                                                                                    -With all my heart,
                                                                                                   Someone who waited too