Dear Little Grown-Up,64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KKHvxlR1W
#TheOriginOfTheHurt
You were still just a child—soft hands, wide eyes, tiny dreams.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDn2dPr6do
But the moment you learned how to listen, they gave you their tears.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsMxa4umU8
They told you stories you shouldn't have had to carry.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVORTJ8tz3
They placed their heartbreak in your hands like toys,64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGOh6fFJTh
and called you "mature for your age" when all you really were...64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibPA3Shxan
was trying not to let anyone fall apart.
You became the steady one.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4wmMHm0wF
The helper.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc28q6dABoS
The fixer.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOUmrrPoob
The one who asked, "Are you okay?"64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDAwLGWW15
even when no one asked it back.
And they were proud of you for being strong.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCrqdYPm54
But no one wondered who you leaned on when the world got heavy.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUEausHsBY
They just kept handing you more.
You became the safe place for everyone—64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0dmpcj5Gc
except yourself.
You taught yourself how to smile when you were sad.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02lEbyODYF
How to hide tears because there was no time to cry.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5lyvhQcry
You learned early that love sometimes looked like sacrifice.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXQyEzZ967
Like silence.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMsTM6Xbpi
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.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV17ICsKbtC
You were not supposed to be the glue holding broken adults together.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegV0fYLolp
You were supposed to be loved loudly, protected fiercely,64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCXv6iso5B
and allowed to just be a child.
I'm sorry they made you grow up too soon.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUr85jYaLwH
I'm sorry your softness had to become armor.
But I am so proud of you—64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxTorKqSSL
for surviving what you never signed up for.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29gwfDRovt
For learning how to comfort others when you had no idea what comfort really felt like.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdCJQf9bIi
For being strong in ways no one ever acknowledged.
And now, let me say what no one said to you then:64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPR5hwC6eYV
You don't have to carry everyone anymore.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUvNsgeD8D
You're allowed to rest.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FpePgmIW8
You're allowed to feel.64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhyYyydPGL
You're allowed to receive.
You are still worthy,64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAV1wZot8a5
even when you're not holding the world together.
Love,64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwY6G4kPatp
The woman who now holds you
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