( don't forget )

• he loves you
• dearly
• and makes sure you know it so
• don't take his love for granted;
• remind him every once in a while
• that he is just as much to you
• as you are to him

( don't forget )

• he wants to speak
• but he doesn't live to cause suffering
• help him feel safe
• help protect him when he is vulnerable
• remind him it is okay to smile
• through the tears
• and it is okay to feel
• down
• at the end of a
• high

( don't forget )

• he is still putting together
• his own version of the puzzle
• and though he may refuse help
• it is okay to fit a piece in here and there
• and show him something near to
• completion

( and no matter what )

• don't let him give up
• on himself
• on his dreams
• and on what he believes in
• help him back up to the top of the pillar
• and give him a voice
• with the power to scream to the world,
• "i did it,"
• "and i am enough."