You’re beautiful. You’re so good at what you do!! It doesn’t matter who notices. I do. A billion bubbles and echo chambers! I’d gladly be in your bubble any day! In a hundred years, who’s going to remember what? But, you’ll be remembered. You’re everywhere! In a heart. It’s not that hard to get a thousand likes or sales, or whatever the number. But how many really love the person at the center of attention? People love you, and that’s all that matters. Even on days you feel they don’t. When you feel forgotten in a world of influencers. It’s *you* they’re thinking about. Sure, they might blindly click a ‘like’ button to support someone popular. And then they move on to the next thing, and the next, and the next – all competing for just a microcosm of attention. But you’re so much more than digital configurations, or books sold, or ratings gathered. You see, when all that noise is turned off, you’re still there. People care about you. And even on those grayest days where you say, “Are you sure?” I promise it’s true. You have no idea how many others, people and animals, too, count on you. In a world where so much brings a person down; jealousies or spite or self-loathing, you’re the one who lifts people up. Often without even saying a word. You’re in a heart. I turned off the TV today, and most of the social media channels. And you know the funny part? *You* were still there. When all those countless other voices jostling for attention and filling a head, when they all faded away into the ether, you were still there in the quiet with me. What an effect you have!! You fill a heart with so much love. You’re SO beautiful. You inspire people to get up, and keep going. You’re the loveliest person in the world. You’re all the bubbles I need! You must be someone *very* special to so totally affect a soul like that. That’s all that matters to me. You’ll have those big days when it feels the whole world is shining on you! But on those days when you feel very small, you simply must know, to somebody else, you’re everything. The greatest of them all. ❤️   

I love you! – todd