Dear You,
They taught you early on that your body was something to shrink.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS68o6Z12mX
Something to cover.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09xfnQ7xRm
Something to apologize for.
You were told to suck in your stomach, to sit with your legs closed,61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPq4ArvYqrp
to smile even when you didn't feel safe.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3D7qrWwxT7
You learned how to make yourself small—61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8w47MBx9X
in presence, in voice, in hunger, in want.
You inherited shame like it was skin.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbw4Mn9Fp4
And for a while, you wore it well.
But one day,61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1TviorOw2
you stood in front of the mirror and decided:61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXXiCHQVwX
No more.
You stopped waiting for the world to approve of your softness,61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuuuonpTfq
your stretch marks,61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lUeTIWMzq
your scars.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7suyCPL1C
You stopped seeking validation in numbers and reflections.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVzeOmh8E7
You stopped seeing your body as a battlefield61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDzPpmYI0w
and began treating it like a home.
You no longer punish it for being tired.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtARAWTNRfw
You no longer trade rest for worth.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡna0epTqo4C
You feed it.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctkDawfCpO
You listen to it.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvg1wWR5uSi
You thank it—for surviving every single day,61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7an5WWOGgY
even when you didn't love it back.
This is the freedom no one could give you—61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUumrZpsgNJ
because it had to come from within.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh31PooILiI
Not from losing pounds,61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfGLKrnYVR
but from losing shame.
And now, you walk into rooms without apologizing for existing.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsLr0PULrI
You wear what feels good.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JEhRxNdnA
You move in ways that feel like celebration.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5LTJm01FJ
You take up space—fully, boldly, beautifully.
And the best part?
You no longer look in the mirror and think of how to change yourself.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzHYVXoniL
You look in the mirror and say,61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmBOyotmvY
"I'm still here. And that's enough."
With pride, grace, and gentle rebellion,61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1o2cCp0hxs
—The You Who Finally Came Home to Herself
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and then Add to home screen.