Dear Little Grown-Up,67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUiClELaNx
#TheOriginOfTheHurt
You were still just a child—soft hands, wide eyes, tiny dreams.67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6E3c8D21XH
But the moment you learned how to listen, they gave you their tears.67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBeUSAaklJ
They told you stories you shouldn't have had to carry.67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Pf55Irr6c
They placed their heartbreak in your hands like toys,67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMR3DGRklAn
and called you "mature for your age" when all you really were...67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGHG7bW2Sc
was trying not to let anyone fall apart.
You became the steady one.67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlG7Bq9V5C
The helper.67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJKnrbVqkM
The fixer.67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgIvQF2HQc
The one who asked, "Are you okay?"67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pRVFDaakB
even when no one asked it back.
And they were proud of you for being strong.67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzXtCKbPnz
But no one wondered who you leaned on when the world got heavy.67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEld1tRdhRa
They just kept handing you more.
You became the safe place for everyone—67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqm6MwbYaw
except yourself.
You taught yourself how to smile when you were sad.67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwCMCdIyc9
How to hide tears because there was no time to cry.67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCHkSXsUYZ
You learned early that love sometimes looked like sacrifice.67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEwpHczS0F
Like silence.67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokOc1XfC0V
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.67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvti39f4Bt
You were not supposed to be the glue holding broken adults together.67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mb3t66aSj
You were supposed to be loved loudly, protected fiercely,67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeLDQ7Xypm
and allowed to just be a child.
I'm sorry they made you grow up too soon.67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEaA2miet5
I'm sorry your softness had to become armor.
But I am so proud of you—67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKiM6ounfb
for surviving what you never signed up for.67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcTLKwaX5K
For learning how to comfort others when you had no idea what comfort really felt like.67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNLzYHZs3H
For being strong in ways no one ever acknowledged.
And now, let me say what no one said to you then:67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU39qgF4WGQ
You don't have to carry everyone anymore.67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJy1w2EWjW
You're allowed to rest.67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZLqqvxt4W
You're allowed to feel.67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ52lwIqLcR
You're allowed to receive.
You are still worthy,67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPJ5GINZ6o
even when you're not holding the world together.
Love,67Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRpEd7qfXZ
The woman who now holds you
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