안녕 우영!
Firstly, let me introduce myself! I’m Georgia, and I live in the UK and have been an ATINY for almost 3 years now. I don’t really know where to begin with this letter to you, and let me apologise that it is in English – I hope that you are able to read it all okay!
I suppose the best place to start is to say that since first
becoming an ATINY, you have been my bias since the very beginning, and becoming
an ATINY was the best decision that I ever made. I am thankful every single day that I found
you all, and the friendships that I have made because of you all (it’s actually
because of my amazing fellow ATINY friends that I’m able to get this letter to
you). I don’t want this letter to be sad, but I do need to explain a little bit
I suppose. I unfortunately have kidney failure amongst some other health
conditions, and unfortunately in the last few months, my condition has gotten
worse, and without a transplant, is now unfortunately terminal. I actually hate
writing that down to you, because the last thing I want to do is make this
letter about that, or to upset you in any way. But it was needed so you can
understand the importance of what you bring into my life – which is often
difficult and spent in and out of hospitals and treatments. Having ATEEZ by my
side throughout this, gives me reason to smile through it all, and makes my
time spent in hospitals so much more bearable and it is with your content, and music and the love that I
feel from you all, that gets me through day to day. I’ll be eternally grateful
for that.
Anyway! Enough of that! Most importantly, I want to say thank you, to you all,
but to you especially. You may wonder how you can affect someone’s life from
halfway across the world, but I promise you, that you have. I want you to know, that if ever you doubt
yourself, or feel that you don’t make an impact to people’s lives, you
absolutely do. Never doubt your worth or wonder if you matter to your fans –
you do, a million per cent. You are
amazing, and never, ever change! I love your way of always making me smile, and
one of my favourite things in the entire world is watching you dance. You are
such an inspiring dancer, and you are absolutely brilliant. You have progressed
so much over the last couple of years, and know that ATINY, and myself, are
extremely proud of you for what you have achieved. You are doing a brilliant
job, and I know that you always work incredibly hard and can be your hardest
critic – so I just want to say, that to me, and to many others I am sure, you
are perfect no matter what. And I am so incredibly proud of you for all you
have achieved; for your character, your passion, charisma (and of course Mr
Sexy Jung Wooyoung!), your absolutely beautiful soul, inside and out. I just
hope that you see it too, and I hope that my words to you today make you
realise that you are so very much enough, and are loved so, so much.
It’s hard for me to convey all that I want to say to you into words, so I’m
sorry if this letter rambles on a bit! I also want to thank you for the comfort
and healing that you provide to me, when things are a little tough. I can
always find the strength to keep fighting when I am unwell, by listening to my
favourite song (which is Turbulence) and the words from Sunrise – “Just Keep It
Up.” By watching your content, laughing along with you all, and also I want to
let you know, that not only are you a super talented dancer and performer,but
your voice is one of my absolute favorite things to me. I cannot tell you how beautiful it is! I
cannot wait to hear more covers from you, or to watch your upcoming documentary
– I am so excited for that! It’s hard to explain, because of course we don’t
“know” each other, but the way that ATEEZ and you especially, give me such a
bright light in the dark times, I will be forever thankful for that. People may say that you saved them – but to
me, it is actually true. I was sick with COVID last year, and almost lost my
life. What got me through, was the thought of seeing you live in London – I
knew that I couldn’t go anywhere without having seen you and the others in the
flesh! It was what kept me going every day. Thankfully, my dream came true, and
I attended both shows of the Fellowship Tour in London earlier this year. I
have no idea if you will remember this, but in soundcheck on the first day, I
was the crazy person in the crowd who had made you a sign and was screaming my
head off haha. You made my dreams come true, because you saw that sign that I’d
made, and acknowledged it. And it meant the world to me that you saw that you were
loved and I’ll never forget it (I still have the sign by the way!) That concert
weekend was honestly the most amazing time of my life, and a memory that I will
cherish forever. Thank you so much for making my dreams come true. I’ll never
forget it J And I hope
that I am lucky enough to see you all again one day, but if I don’t have enough
time left for that, I wanted you to know that because of you, I had that
amazing experience and memory that I can have with me forever. I may not have
too much time left, but the fact that I get this opportunity to tell you how
special and loved you are, how you help me every day - means everything to me. And I just hope that
I can convey that enough in writing this to you.
I hope that you realise that you are enough, just by being YOU. Because not
only are you drop-dead gorgeous (I of course had to get that in somewhere,
right?), but you are such a kind and beautiful person too, and please, never
ever doubt that. I realise that I will probably never get the chance to tell
you this in person, so the best I can do is write it here for you : you have
made my life so much happier, have allowed me to feel loved, allowed me to
smile in the hard times, and for as long as I live, I know that I can turn to
you (through videos, and content, and Universe, your music and everything else)
to allow me to be happy and I don’t think I can ever put it into words how
important and special that is, and I wouldn’t have that without you and the
other members. So please, know how special you are and that you have made such
a difference to this woman that you don’t know, just by being you and doing
what you love.
In the words of your favourite character from Harry Potter (which, I of course
also love and have been a massive Harry Potter fan since I was a child!), there is a quote that I always turn to when I
feel particularly alone or sad, and it reminds me of ATEEZ and ATINY, and I
also hope that you find comfort from it too: “The ones that love us, never
really leave us. You can always find them, in here.” I know that there are so
many people in this world that adore you (and rightfully so!), but remember
this if ever you feel alone, because, as your beautiful tattoo says (I love
your tattoos by the way) : You are never alone, and never will be. J
So, this is a long letter, so I’m sorry!
I really, really hope that I get the opportunity to see you again, to
experience all of the amazing things that I know you personally, and ATEEZ will
do in the future, because I know that it will be brilliant and you will just
continue to grow, and achieve all of your dreams. That is what you deserve, and
more. I of course love you very much, but please pass on the messages to the
rest of the guys, because you all help me so, so much:
To Hongjoong – Thank you. For everything. You ARE the best Captain, and I am
honoured to follow you. You didn’t teach me to dream small, so I will continue
to keep dreaming big J
To Seonghwa – Always continue to be the brightest star. Because you are. Your
sweet and sensitive soul should never be changed. I love you.
To Yunho – Thank you for being my sunshine! I am so incredibly proud of you.
To Yeosang – Don’t worry, to me, you are of course a Doberman, not a Maltese!
To San – You also have such a special place in my heart. You really do. I love
you 3000, and know how proud I, and your family, are of you.
To Mingi – I am so, so incredibly proud of your strength. You are amazing and
you are doing brilliant, don’t worry.
To Jongho – I cannot tell you HOW proud I am of you. Never doubt yourself, because you are
absolutely amazing and a true, special talent.
And to you, Wooyoung – I will keep fighting! Because of you
and the strength that you unknowingly give me, to never give up. To always
smile, even when things are hard, and to find beauty in the little things. You
make sure that I always have happiness and enjoyment, and I know that as long
as I have you, and ATEEZ, and the love that I feel, even from miles away, makes
me incredibly lucky and thankful, and I don’t know what I would do without you.
So I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Always.
Keep smiling, never ever change, and believe in yourself! Know that you have
changed my life for the better, and regardless of how long I have in this world
now, I am so proud and happy to call myself an ATINY, and a Wommy. And I always will be J
Thank you so, so much for taking the time to read this letter – it’s a little
longer than I intended, I hope that’s OK. I love you, all the way to star 1117
and back. And I’ll always be by your side, I promise! I hope that this reaches
you and that it gives you some happiness and comfort to know the impact that
you have on my life – and it’s the best kind ever J Keep
going for your dreams, because you can achieve each and every one of them.
I love you.
고마워요 ❤
From, Georgia xx
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