Dear Little Grown-Up,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEb1ASnLUR
#TheOriginOfTheHurt
You were still just a child—soft hands, wide eyes, tiny dreams.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyojpSY6IdN
But the moment you learned how to listen, they gave you their tears.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKiH4YkgsX
They told you stories you shouldn't have had to carry.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DJHgaJejx
They placed their heartbreak in your hands like toys,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSF0IsdGo6m
and called you "mature for your age" when all you really were...44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMBjddMo7j
was trying not to let anyone fall apart.
You became the steady one.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfkNWG5vzE
The helper.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjUA1OIKMK
The fixer.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1CX52PYeS
The one who asked, "Are you okay?"44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXE9u4pZWwY
even when no one asked it back.
And they were proud of you for being strong.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqitnJWCvL2
But no one wondered who you leaned on when the world got heavy.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUCmlB1eH6
They just kept handing you more.
You became the safe place for everyone—44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNvdCPXuwy
except yourself.
You taught yourself how to smile when you were sad.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaCljRoKkl
How to hide tears because there was no time to cry.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DlXUFLs2D
You learned early that love sometimes looked like sacrifice.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFO4rezsaf
Like silence.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRzjuXZ2qR
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.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjwlXBZPS4
You were not supposed to be the glue holding broken adults together.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiZI2UlVBr
You were supposed to be loved loudly, protected fiercely,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4DhahyIje
and allowed to just be a child.
I'm sorry they made you grow up too soon.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTTIu0oxaM
I'm sorry your softness had to become armor.
But I am so proud of you—44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIulWIN9L5f
for surviving what you never signed up for.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8ubsVZfmJ
For learning how to comfort others when you had no idea what comfort really felt like.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokwOq0Bq0d
For being strong in ways no one ever acknowledged.
And now, let me say what no one said to you then:44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAupFWBx4R
You don't have to carry everyone anymore.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhM8ImusuW
You're allowed to rest.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkM0Am0TV2T
You're allowed to feel.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡial2EUlZQX
You're allowed to receive.
You are still worthy,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhhbC0lrIa
even when you're not holding the world together.
Love,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PWT4sZCnM
The woman who now holds you
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