Dear Little Grown-Up,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk74W2kyfvY
#TheOriginOfTheHurt
You were still just a child—soft hands, wide eyes, tiny dreams.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AlIszu5RF
But the moment you learned how to listen, they gave you their tears.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTSbYQFr81
They told you stories you shouldn't have had to carry.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHydNYkCUCH
They placed their heartbreak in your hands like toys,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgl9QhsfdR
and called you "mature for your age" when all you really were...54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Vb9bLAScY
was trying not to let anyone fall apart.
You became the steady one.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rxZ7uZ15c
The helper.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zK1CUaD2L
The fixer.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vCfoBASTr
The one who asked, "Are you okay?"54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwuHCPMWBR
even when no one asked it back.
And they were proud of you for being strong.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2lsG0se1m
But no one wondered who you leaned on when the world got heavy.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrcsnWMHEz
They just kept handing you more.
You became the safe place for everyone—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMGzUhxFrE
except yourself.
You taught yourself how to smile when you were sad.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpeZolKd2D
How to hide tears because there was no time to cry.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoKrrXUhfZ
You learned early that love sometimes looked like sacrifice.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWg15Q10Hx
Like silence.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWe1mFfvxC
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.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0a1473s3R
You were not supposed to be the glue holding broken adults together.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7oM85oM6W
You were supposed to be loved loudly, protected fiercely,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDcBJuyHGJ
and allowed to just be a child.
I'm sorry they made you grow up too soon.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczeNpiT1xE
I'm sorry your softness had to become armor.
But I am so proud of you—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOhoQqTW1n
for surviving what you never signed up for.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBJBkxpzKb
For learning how to comfort others when you had no idea what comfort really felt like.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuThd4n4fiC
For being strong in ways no one ever acknowledged.
And now, let me say what no one said to you then:54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXHzFFYncN
You don't have to carry everyone anymore.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0vpL3D251
You're allowed to rest.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpdQwAzZ0S
You're allowed to feel.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlorIA8bvLG
You're allowed to receive.
You are still worthy,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWgO4xL3YU
even when you're not holding the world together.
Love,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIuCqRvLgR
The woman who now holds you
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