To Be Young And In Love In New York City

Dedication

Dear Sunshine,

Every word, every sentence, every paragraph, and every chapter in this book is for you. I put my heart and soul into writing this, just for you. This book took a lot of effort, patience, and time, and I was willing to give it all. Yes, there were times I just wanted to kick everything around me because the story didn't flow right and I wanted to give up because it didn't feel good enough, but I kept going because of you. The thought of you reading it and maybe smile or laugh at the lame jokes I make in the following chapters (which there will be a lot of) was enough to throw all the insecurities away and get to writing.

Only you will understand how important this book is for us. I hope I did justice to this story, to these characters. I hope it makes you smile, laugh, and cry. I hope it makes you feel something inside. I hope it makes you know that there is a whole life ahead of what you're going through, what we're going through. Yes, we'll fall time and time again, but there will come a time when getting up will be easier than falling, and I hope this book shows you that.

I hope this book makes you realize how wonderful you are, and how much you are loved. Even if it doesn't, I hope it shows that one day, you will. You will feel worthy, you will feel enough and you will feel beautiful, because you are.

I'll love you, always.