u/No_Berry6657

I need you to hear this clearly: I am so •.. proud of you. Proud of you for making it through things that should have broken you. Proud of you for waking up and trying again when life gave you every reason not to. Proud of you for being soft even after hard seasons. Proud of you for carrying pain without letting it turn you into someone cruel. People do not always see how much you've survived because you make strength look so quiet. But I see it. I see the pressure you've been under. I see the battles you do not talk about. I see the exhaustion behind the smile sometimes. And I just need you to know that the fact that you are still here, still trying, still loving, still hoping, is something beautiful. You are doing better than you think.

Your are the strongest woman I know

GOODNIGHT

They say when you love someone you have to let them go, but how do you let them go when you're their protector? You feel like it’s your duty to shield them from bad external influences they can’t see. You're the one that picks them up when they’re down. The one that encourages them to keep going when they don’t think they can anymore. The one who only wants to remove all their pain just to see them smile. The one who wants them to feel overly safe so they can breathe. It’s a love that never quits. It’s a heart that always aches. It’s a love—it’s a life sentence.