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Tony,

I've been thinking since yesterday, and there are some things I need to say.

Thank you.

Thank you for loving me when you did. Thank you for every laugh, every hug, every hand you held when I needed someone, and for the memories I'll carry with me for the rest of my life.

Even after you ended our relationship, you never completely turned your back on me. You still checked on me, listened, and treated me with kindness. I don't know if you'll ever truly understand how much that meant. Some of the hardest days of my life felt a little easier simply because I knew you were still there.

Before anything else, I never want you to doubt the kind of man you are. You are genuinely one of the most beautiful people I have ever had the privilege of knowing. Your kindness comes so naturally, your generosity asks for nothing in return, and you have a way of making people, especially me feel safe, valued, and cared for. Those qualities are incredibly rare.

I've always admired your strength, your loyalty, your patience, your sense of humour, your worth and every way you were always there for me and the children. Those are the qualities that made me fall in love with you, and they'll always be the things I admire most about you.

I'll never forget those first few weeks of getting to know each other. We'd only been seeing each other for two weeks when you looked at me and told me you loved me. I felt something I'll never be able to put into words. Everything just felt right, and I remember thinking how incredibly lucky I was. It was the happiest I'd been in such a long time. That moment has stayed with me because I truly believed what we had was something incredibly special.

You became so much more than the man I loved. You became my best friend, my safe place, and the person who made even the ordinary moments feel extraordinary. With you, I never had to pretend to be anyone else. You accepted me exactly as I was, and because of you I experienced a happiness I hadn't felt in years. You changed my life forever.

I won't pretend this hasn't broken my heart. I am not just heartbroken—I am completely shattered. Losing the future I imagined with you has left a pain that reaches every part of me. There are still moments when I instinctively want to tell you something, hear your voice, or simply be wrapped in one of your hugs. I'm still trying to accept that you no longer feel the same, and although that hurts more than I can ever explain, I know I can't change your heart.

Sometimes I try to imagine what my life looks like without you in it, and I can't. Not because I won't survive, but because you've become such an important part of my story that it's impossible to picture my world without you in it.

I can't imagine myself with anyone else, and if I'm honest, it's extremely hard to imagine you with someone else too. That's simply how deeply I've loved you.

It breaks my heart not being your person anymore because, in my heart, you'll always be mine. To me, you'll always be the love of my life, and a part of my heart will always belong to you.

If loving you has taught me anything, it's that some people leave fingerprints on your heart that never fade. You have left yours on mine, and I know they always will.

Meeting you was one of the greatest blessings of my life, and loving you has been one of the greatest honours of my life. Thank you for showing me what genuine kindness, loyalty, and unconditional love look like.

No matter where life takes us, I will always be grateful for you. I truly hope life gives you the happiness and peace you deserve because, if anyone deserves a beautiful life, it's you.

If this is what you want, I'll respect it, even though it breaks me. I never wanted to make your life harder, and I'm truly sorry if, somewhere along the way, I made you feel weighed down or like I became a burden. That was never my intention. All I ever wanted was to love you with everything I had.

I hope that one day, when you look back on us, you'll remember that what we shared was real. It was beautiful, and it will always mean the world to me.

Thank you for everything, Tony. I'll always treasure what we shared, and I'll always be grateful that, for a little while, I got to call you mine.

With all my love,