hi daddio.

there is so much i need to update you on.

for now, i leave you something my boyfriend- we shall call him the armenian- wrote about me.

She is kind. She wants to help others. She knows how to listen and how to give advice, and she knows which situations call for which.

She is so much fun. She laughs like no one I have ever met. Her smile makes me melt.

She is willing to make herself vulnerable in order to connect with someone. If you open yourself up to her, she will open herself up to you abundantly.

She shows gratitude. She appreciates others. She appreciates what she has. She appreciates her friends. She takes nothing for granted.

She cries during sad movies because she feels things. She feels things so acutely. But this means she is more alive than almost anyone I know.

She is physically beautiful. She takes my breath away.

She is adventurous and exciting. She has a zest for life. She is vivacious.

She loves children, the ones in her life now, and ones who have not yet been born. She has lovingly shopped for her baby daughter for years before she has even been conceived. No daughter will ever have been loved more than the beautiful girl who will be so lucky as to call Jenna her mom.

She brings out the best in other people. She sees the good in them and encourages it further.

She knows more about mental health, therapy, counseling, and psychology than most people, but she never talks down to people, she never uses her knowledge as a weapon, and she is never arrogant.

She is patient with other people’s shortcomings.

She has made me want to be a better person, to master my faults, and even to get in shape. I want to be the best person I can possibly be for her, because she deserves nothing less. Without ever asking for any, she makes me want to make sacrifices for her.

When I send her things — music, video, movies — that are meaningful to me, she pays close attention to them. She looks for what’s beautiful in them so she can share the joy that I take in them.

She is intellectually curious. She knows more than she thinks she does. She is fair and genuinely wants to consider all sides.

She is so wise.

She is willing to be open about her innermost demons, because she knows that exposing them to the light is one of the best ways to kill them.

She is conscientious about examining herself, her feelings, her behavior, and her trajectory, in order to continue improving herself.

She has been to hell and back, and yet she is by far the greatest source of light in my life. And she hopes someday to be able to bring light to the lives of many other suffering people.

She loves with such overflowing intensity that whoever has the good fortune of being loved by her enjoys one of the most truly amazing treasures of being on this Earth.

Because of all these good qualities, she has built up a network of friends and supporters the likes of which I have never seen. There seems to be an endless supply of people who love her, cheer her on, sing her praises, and ardently desire the greatest possible happiness for her. Her goodness and kindness have touched and affected so many people.

I have some good qualities myself, as we all do. But what I see in Jenna is such a unique combination of qualities, each of which she possesses in amazing abundance, that I wonder how I could have come to deserve such a wonderful, loving, and astonishingly good person.

xoxo,

your daughter