Becoming Who She Needed

She grew up learning how to be strong too early. How to stay quiet. How to figure things

out alone. There were moments she needed reassurance but learned self-reliance instead.

Moments she needed softness but was handed responsibility. So she became capable. Independent.

Resilient. But something stayed unfinished. Years later, she noticed it in

small ways, the way she spoke gently to herself after mistakes. The way she rested

without apologizing. The way she listened when her own feelings surfaced instead of pushing them

aside. One day, it clicked. She was becoming the person she once

needed. She gave herself permission where none had been offered. Encouragement where