To my past advisor,
You gave the best advice
You told me "You have mom's trust now so don't do anything stupid to break it and you'll have it forever"Or like when you told me "that sometimes people will be mean to you, not because of anything you have done, but because someone is treating them poorly at home"
There was another time you told me "when you are in a relationship, you'll find partners who are broken on the inside and you'll stay with them to try to fix them, but you can't build someone else up if it is simultaneously breaking you down"
I came to you when I was in trouble, like when mom caught me with a boy when I was supposed to be at friend's house
Or when I got my first speeding tickets at sixteen
Or when I was afraid I was pregnant at seventeen
Or when I was only thirteen and told you my self-esteem had been replaced with a cruel self-hatredGrowing up when I was in trouble and needed advice
I always came to you
You were always there for me
Now I look back and wonder when did it all start to changeThe more alcohol you had the less big sister I got
I learned how to give my own advice to my friends and to myself
I learned what to do on my own when I was in trouble and scared
I learned how to find friends that felt like familyI thank you for teaching me that and I hate you for making me have to learn how to do it all on my own
Sincerely,
Your old advisee