this is so important to tell older women. i never let older ladies talk down on themselves near me, it breaks my heart how they don’t see their beauty just because of their age 🥲
so much of adulthood is just grieving in secret. grieving ex lovers, grieving dead friendships, grieving your parents sinking into old age, grieving the person you thought you'd grow into. grieving cities you never got to live in. grieving parts of you that couldn't survive.