Dear Little Grown-Up,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQytduP3hg
#TheOriginOfTheHurt
You were still just a child—soft hands, wide eyes, tiny dreams.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnZCGA7IUl
But the moment you learned how to listen, they gave you their tears.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0JHOM9FHz
They told you stories you shouldn't have had to carry.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5156viktFY
They placed their heartbreak in your hands like toys,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOsra5D0wf
and called you "mature for your age" when all you really were...42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZdEQGwaQ3
was trying not to let anyone fall apart.
You became the steady one.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RSdFfVHSd
The helper.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57YbekNQ6G
The fixer.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAzmHNnbKz
The one who asked, "Are you okay?"42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajOsPEZ3ZZ
even when no one asked it back.
And they were proud of you for being strong.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjT8XNVcDgE
But no one wondered who you leaned on when the world got heavy.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmddiwA8Oj
They just kept handing you more.
You became the safe place for everyone—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCC35zU1ji9
except yourself.
You taught yourself how to smile when you were sad.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwhAWdSmc7
How to hide tears because there was no time to cry.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwzDGiwRYJ
You learned early that love sometimes looked like sacrifice.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SRgIVBZcA
Like silence.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85YWCVmV7m
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.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQVkkqWT6M
You were not supposed to be the glue holding broken adults together.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOe7JuIKg0P
You were supposed to be loved loudly, protected fiercely,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOT1mM9DD2j
and allowed to just be a child.
I'm sorry they made you grow up too soon.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6h1mY5xrjZ
I'm sorry your softness had to become armor.
But I am so proud of you—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rd5jfT92R
for surviving what you never signed up for.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVQv1ybBrf
For learning how to comfort others when you had no idea what comfort really felt like.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ixG0XUHQu
For being strong in ways no one ever acknowledged.
And now, let me say what no one said to you then:42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cOXYZ90Xv
You don't have to carry everyone anymore.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SGZL0GVoN
You're allowed to rest.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7wnujHWqf
You're allowed to feel.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjKnFWQ7VI
You're allowed to receive.
You are still worthy,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrJOhUjv0M
even when you're not holding the world together.
Love,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqh97ymQsm
The woman who now holds you
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