There is something beautiful about having long term friends that have witnessed multiple versions of you and loved you unconditionally through each version
Some people are late bloomers b/c they didn’t think they were going to be here. How can someone plan for a future they never saw? Give yourself and others grace. Release the guilt of not having it all together yet. A lot of people are living life for the first time.
Believe it or not, complex trauma survivors can often be overwhelmingly nostalgic & sentimental. If you know, you know.
For as much as our experiences have hardened us in some ways, we also tend to love hard, cherish people & places & mementos, & mourn even little losses deeply.