Dear Little Grown-Up,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkr0LxvofN
#TheOriginOfTheHurt
You were still just a child—soft hands, wide eyes, tiny dreams.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnxMVRpSO2
But the moment you learned how to listen, they gave you their tears.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOZMBS2mqA
They told you stories you shouldn't have had to carry.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9lZHhKHHM
They placed their heartbreak in your hands like toys,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSktGLwfNmJ
and called you "mature for your age" when all you really were...20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcgmLadXIk
was trying not to let anyone fall apart.
You became the steady one.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0C8IlTBd6
The helper.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrKke6IfTz
The fixer.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yoX5OC778
The one who asked, "Are you okay?"20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSaMUmC8iK
even when no one asked it back.
And they were proud of you for being strong.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2S4gq2yxME
But no one wondered who you leaned on when the world got heavy.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30ZAffIPZI
They just kept handing you more.
You became the safe place for everyone—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxu5piz5Ivb
except yourself.
You taught yourself how to smile when you were sad.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDmqXr3TIW
How to hide tears because there was no time to cry.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOQDhokmV3
You learned early that love sometimes looked like sacrifice.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeKWrQ8Lcn
Like silence.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtiIXy6JS2J
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.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIK6K4jJIYD
You were not supposed to be the glue holding broken adults together.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVi0XhS8kn
You were supposed to be loved loudly, protected fiercely,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZFvpbmR9R
and allowed to just be a child.
I'm sorry they made you grow up too soon.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraN704s65w
I'm sorry your softness had to become armor.
But I am so proud of you—20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNa0840IhW
for surviving what you never signed up for.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVChvuB76M8
For learning how to comfort others when you had no idea what comfort really felt like.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45AGc06B6q
For being strong in ways no one ever acknowledged.
And now, let me say what no one said to you then:20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0rHVO2bXb
You don't have to carry everyone anymore.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCKzRvSj5G
You're allowed to rest.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXn85rLy8et
You're allowed to feel.20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7W7prR8XIH
You're allowed to receive.
You are still worthy,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kDOsYrxdL
even when you're not holding the world together.
Love,20Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdv8tgdYw9Q
The woman who now holds you
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and then Add to home screen.