When I was little, every year on valentines, someone would leave a rose on our doorstep. My mom would bring it in and the little card would say “From a secret admirer, to Corey Anne” and I would get so excited. I didn’t have very many real friends in elementary school, and I definitely didn’t have have any admirers, but every year it made me feel so so special. After my dad died, my mom told me it was he who did it every year, because he didn’t want me to be sad all the other girls got something and I didn’t. X: