Dear Little Grown-Up,55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQqYaYGEZP
#TheOriginOfTheHurt
You were still just a child—soft hands, wide eyes, tiny dreams.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHHDzlyWOO
But the moment you learned how to listen, they gave you their tears.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWBHoZpXny
They told you stories you shouldn't have had to carry.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvV9MhProG
They placed their heartbreak in your hands like toys,55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUh5N7qGQ3
and called you "mature for your age" when all you really were...55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQWY857AK1
was trying not to let anyone fall apart.
You became the steady one.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpwMfa4KF9
The helper.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxH7VPmKJ1S
The fixer.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2kvxpeoQC
The one who asked, "Are you okay?"55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuH0drwhSd
even when no one asked it back.
And they were proud of you for being strong.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4zg8cRQMe
But no one wondered who you leaned on when the world got heavy.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxrKLnPFDu
They just kept handing you more.
You became the safe place for everyone—55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5ZX3zpbjt
except yourself.
You taught yourself how to smile when you were sad.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJTE4d3UzG
How to hide tears because there was no time to cry.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgbdTZICsW
You learned early that love sometimes looked like sacrifice.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjZmfRehqd
Like silence.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnN45OQnqXx
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.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRDH5ZsZ0V
You were not supposed to be the glue holding broken adults together.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJN1n8JGvZu
You were supposed to be loved loudly, protected fiercely,55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsz5BSkWWAB
and allowed to just be a child.
I'm sorry they made you grow up too soon.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtc2MxZJkq5
I'm sorry your softness had to become armor.
But I am so proud of you—55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMl6wRPs00K
for surviving what you never signed up for.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgq2VgJ048
For learning how to comfort others when you had no idea what comfort really felt like.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8c3JJbm0lh
For being strong in ways no one ever acknowledged.
And now, let me say what no one said to you then:55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHU7CS4prT
You don't have to carry everyone anymore.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm20Y3Hj7Ae
You're allowed to rest.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CAr7kyYXQ
You're allowed to feel.55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReiiG99hBH
You're allowed to receive.
You are still worthy,55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACoO7lmCqS
even when you're not holding the world together.
Love,55Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAVzdyqwhu
The woman who now holds you
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