Not all hurt people hurt people. Some spend their lives making sure no one else feels what they did. They break cycles, build safe spaces, and turn pain into purpose. Hurt people don't just hurt people, they heal people too.
Unpopular opinion: Your child's name isn't the place to be creative. They'll have to explain, spell, and pronounce it for the rest of their life. Please be more intentional.
A hard pill that I had to swallow and coming into realization is that someone wanted the benefits of having me without wanting the responsibility of fully choosing me
I used to tell myself “maybe they're going through something” to justify the way people treated me. But then I realised I was going through a lot too, and I still never treated anyone that way.