00:00I don't know, scared.
00:03Dear little Tobly, you don't love yourself yet,
00:06but trust me when I tell you that you will someday.
00:09So this is my valentine to you, because I love you,
00:12and I need you to know that no matter how scared and confused you are now,
00:15it will all make sense one day.
00:18You won't hear the word transgender until college,
00:21and you won't fully understand what it means until you move to New York City.
00:25You'll fight against it for so many years,
00:27but you will, little by little, move towards it,
00:31and once you embrace it, you will dive headfirst,
00:34even though it's terrifying,
00:35into a journey that will someday complete you as a person.
00:39And for this, people will call you brave and strong,
00:42but most times you will not feel brave and strong.
00:45You'll be scared as hell,
00:46and you will think that brave and strong people don't get scared,
00:49but that's not true.
00:51Brave and strong people do what they need to do,
00:54no matter how scared they are.
00:56And that's what people will see in you.
00:59And you will make them brave and strong, too.
01:02You're going to achieve so many amazing things,
01:05things I can't even tell you about, because you won't believe me.
01:08Every step you make, and every time you fall,
01:11and you will fall,
01:12it will make you the person you are today.
01:15So keep moving forward, even when it's hard,
01:18and remember to keep getting up.
01:21I can't make you love yourself right now,
01:23and I wouldn't stop you from making the mistakes you will make.
01:27But I can tell you that on the other side,
01:29you will breathe deeply.
01:31You will let go of the weight of the world that you carry on your shoulders.
01:35You will stop worrying so much,
01:37and you will be free,
01:39and happy,
01:41and you will love yourself.
01:42There will be a time in your life
01:43that you'll want to wear an asymmetrical haircut
01:46and only cowboy boots.
01:48No matter what, resist this temptation.
01:50It does not go well.
01:52Love, Tably.
01:53Love, Tably.
