Dear You,
They taught you early on that your body was something to shrink.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF48FtIdAVv
Something to cover.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1VYj1QpJs
Something to apologize for.
You were told to suck in your stomach, to sit with your legs closed,241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpULSMbpw0
to smile even when you didn't feel safe.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetdiHG5b0c
You learned how to make yourself small—241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fsg6U0ocu
in presence, in voice, in hunger, in want.
You inherited shame like it was skin.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFFAKGe3uF
And for a while, you wore it well.
But one day,241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQfcGmUEnA
you stood in front of the mirror and decided:241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpYCywZtd9
No more.
You stopped waiting for the world to approve of your softness,241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPyLcCeCF0
your stretch marks,241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJuWFk6kLG
your scars.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Fpi73YXmY
You stopped seeking validation in numbers and reflections.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKW20MzAZe
You stopped seeing your body as a battlefield241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsu6cbxOMKm
and began treating it like a home.
You no longer punish it for being tired.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrrQMh37Uq
You no longer trade rest for worth.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDewbQp9Ci
You feed it.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKi6L5X5Lp5
You listen to it.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ660bxjXA5Y
You thank it—for surviving every single day,241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdqWsSvJJa
even when you didn't love it back.
This is the freedom no one could give you—241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKaR3VNB4D
because it had to come from within.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wSVWKEJIC
Not from losing pounds,241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQrCgHovmJ
but from losing shame.
And now, you walk into rooms without apologizing for existing.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuYfJsskiA
You wear what feels good.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1U9merVbV
You move in ways that feel like celebration.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvQzaR9j8K
You take up space—fully, boldly, beautifully.
And the best part?
You no longer look in the mirror and think of how to change yourself.241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpFz5wnxLK
You look in the mirror and say,241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsFjrgKCeD
"I'm still here. And that's enough."
With pride, grace, and gentle rebellion,241Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwX2k9YTXm
—The You Who Finally Came Home to Herself
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and then Add to home screen.