To the Man who married a broken Woman:
On behalf of every lady who struggles with mental illness and body image issues, we say thank you. You are truly a hero. Not a day goes by where we don't sit back and quietly admire your strength all while thanking God for you. Why? Because you stand by us in our battles. You help fight our battle and if we look closely, many times you are the only one fighting our battle.
Thank you for all those times that you hold us close and tight knowing full well that we can't feel anything. Thank you for the way you allow us to fight off an anxiety attack with no judgment. Thank you for knowing that the feeling of water cascading over our faces can somehow help depression. Thank you for not judging us when things have to be a certain way because if they aren't, we will go into a full blown anxiety attack.
To the man that has carefully wrestled a knife, pills, or gun out of his wife hands. Thank you. Thank you for enduring the trashing that often comes when you have to hold us back from the knife. Thank you for picking us up off the floor and carrying us to bed while fight for the one thing that would take our life.
To the man that has found his wife on the floor in the middle of anxiety attack. Thank you for learning how to cope with those. For somehow knowing when we need to be held and when we simply need your presence in the room. Thank you for not allowing us to hyperventilate when we can't seem to breathe. Thank you for quietly reminding us of truth and attempting to bring things back into perspective.
And to the man that keeps a careful journal of the food his wife has eaten. Who watches her every move during a meal. And asks multiple times a day what she's eaten. To that man who makes certain he knows where his wife is following a meal. To the man who looks at his wife and reminds her of how beautiful she is.
You are valuable. You are necessary. You are appreciated. We may not tell you enough, but we couldn't do this without you. We love you, we are thankful for you, we applaud you, and we cheer you on.
