Dear Little Grown-Up,50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2XCFBwQQ2
#TheOriginOfTheHurt
You were still just a child—soft hands, wide eyes, tiny dreams.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sbkULN5Lw
But the moment you learned how to listen, they gave you their tears.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGcAqg6m0t
They told you stories you shouldn't have had to carry.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqjib486WE
They placed their heartbreak in your hands like toys,50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkHlg6EZu2
and called you "mature for your age" when all you really were...50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Wtvd5YsWG
was trying not to let anyone fall apart.
You became the steady one.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcoBaRdrIW
The helper.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvNAsZUYMS
The fixer.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YPZ2tCf5r
The one who asked, "Are you okay?"50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCQznuDFMH
even when no one asked it back.
And they were proud of you for being strong.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJSNgW00iK
But no one wondered who you leaned on when the world got heavy.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Wn03BHNYx
They just kept handing you more.
You became the safe place for everyone—50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYbMSzwngB
except yourself.
You taught yourself how to smile when you were sad.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡha9mzs5NGy
How to hide tears because there was no time to cry.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgDSFDeVqc
You learned early that love sometimes looked like sacrifice.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwghKKJbHl8
Like silence.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUDWGXVCh6
Like swallowing pain just to keep the peace.
But here's what I need you to know now:
You were not supposed to be their therapist.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVZyqKkwLO
You were not supposed to be the glue holding broken adults together.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKgjtf7Bz0
You were supposed to be loved loudly, protected fiercely,50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmOal8G9E2
and allowed to just be a child.
I'm sorry they made you grow up too soon.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tYv86vJSp
I'm sorry your softness had to become armor.
But I am so proud of you—50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovUDXCCj8j
for surviving what you never signed up for.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrk4yRDarhz
For learning how to comfort others when you had no idea what comfort really felt like.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreFPE75PTe
For being strong in ways no one ever acknowledged.
And now, let me say what no one said to you then:50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyjvlskvUH
You don't have to carry everyone anymore.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqU5Gs0ClDW
You're allowed to rest.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkHSmoyuh0
You're allowed to feel.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudOJzkO7oJ
You're allowed to receive.
You are still worthy,50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzLs9RNm8T
even when you're not holding the world together.
Love,50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm677LkqMjZ
The woman who now holds you
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and then Add to home screen.