Son

I know you haven't yet accepted that this is who you are. It hurts my heart that you look at those you stand beside, and feel you don't belong. Truthfully, it would break the heart of any parent. I know you don't believe it yet, or see it, but for the first time in almost a decade, I see you with people who are built like you. They think like you, the smile like you, they are complex like you, and they get confused like you. But the most important is that they have your heart. They have that love and care that you do, that only people like you do. They don't want to see people hurt and suffer. They want to do right, always.

I see how they look at you. How they admire the way you carry yourself and how much you CAN do. For the first time son, you get to stand tall and be honoured for how amazing you are. You are finally among those that see it.

It will take some time son, but you will see it too... and your heart will open and it hold each of them close once you do.