Dear Little Grown-Up,66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkx8LoXchK
#TheOriginOfTheHurt
You were still just a child—soft hands, wide eyes, tiny dreams.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73XL3JXVqL
But the moment you learned how to listen, they gave you their tears.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetQUt3CfHe
They told you stories you shouldn't have had to carry.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYiEWQR0q5T
They placed their heartbreak in your hands like toys,66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDq4iWjuY05
and called you "mature for your age" when all you really were...66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwS1kJbE4N3
was trying not to let anyone fall apart.
You became the steady one.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZsKjZ6f8D
The helper.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OUkIexbPv
The fixer.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZOWwxcIJp
The one who asked, "Are you okay?"66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaKJiJHulu
even when no one asked it back.
And they were proud of you for being strong.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPgyaFh3VP
But no one wondered who you leaned on when the world got heavy.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jfyZI42VL
They just kept handing you more.
You became the safe place for everyone—66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLo0VtNbpOp
except yourself.
You taught yourself how to smile when you were sad.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGPa5YR8X5
How to hide tears because there was no time to cry.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZMaE7FJJd
You learned early that love sometimes looked like sacrifice.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsrYy4pW4w
Like silence.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaQoAQ2fsi
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.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGTnozSGSh
You were not supposed to be the glue holding broken adults together.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlxNNGnooY
You were supposed to be loved loudly, protected fiercely,66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmfCHc7Pjc
and allowed to just be a child.
I'm sorry they made you grow up too soon.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqU8nfgH3GK
I'm sorry your softness had to become armor.
But I am so proud of you—66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pnGL3xkwJ
for surviving what you never signed up for.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡce7dD8uUNB
For learning how to comfort others when you had no idea what comfort really felt like.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoOasSuZSg
For being strong in ways no one ever acknowledged.
And now, let me say what no one said to you then:66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLms5K3Vuy5
You don't have to carry everyone anymore.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtC9y6ghDgC
You're allowed to rest.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJw0IS85VZ
You're allowed to feel.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtU85dumI18
You're allowed to receive.
You are still worthy,66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBJmQa38yn
even when you're not holding the world together.
Love,66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUs8tKsfV2
The woman who now holds you
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and then Add to home screen.