Get up

Get up.

After everything you’ve been through.

Get up.

I know you’re tired. That your heart hurts. I know there are days when it feels like life has taken more out of you than you had to give.

But you have to get up.

Everything doesn’t have to be okay. The pain can come with you. You’ll figure it out along the way. But get up. You’re still here and there are many things worth fighting for.

Somewhere underneath all the exhaustion, sickness, grief, death, heartbreak and uncertainty, you're still the same person who got up every time before.

I know you’ve carried things privately. More than anyone will ever know. And you were left sitting alone trying to figure out how you were supposed to move forward with no map.

And yet here you are.

Still looking for a way.

Still trying.

I love you.

And I need to tell you the truth.

You can’t stay here anymore.

Get up.

— Evan

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