Dear Self,
I want you to know that what you’re feeling right now makes so much sense. In this intense moment, maybe God is showing you what it looks like to respond fully and deeply when someone you care about is hurting. This experience where you’re allowed to care and show it freely is helping to heal something long-buried. It’s undoing years of gaslighting, years where you were led to believe that your pain, concern, and grief were somehow “too much” or unwelcome.
For almost three years, you were told in subtle (and not-so-subtle) ways that you weren’t allowed to feel. You weren’t allowed to be hurt, to grieve, or to speak up about the pain you and your son went through. Every natural response you felt was questioned or downplayed, leaving you to doubt the truth of your own heart.
But this moment is different. Through this experience with another Soul, you’re being reminded that your deep care and empathy are appropriate, absolutely human, and beautifully valid. You’re finally seeing your emotions as they truly are: a powerful, loving response to someone you cherish, a part of you that deserves to be honored, not silenced.
This journey is helping you reclaim your right to feel, to grieve, to love, and to care openly when someone you value is in pain. It’s like a light is being shone on a part of yourself that you must keep hidden to survive. Now, you can feel without fear. You’re finally allowed to respond in a way that’s real; that’s yours. Your love and empathy are gifts, not burdens.
Let this experience remind you of your resilience, a marker of your healing. You are rediscovering that it’s safe to be yourself, feel deeply, and care as much as you do. This part of you...this loving, compassionate, deeply feeling part....is something no one can take away. Embrace it, and let it remind you of the truth you’ve always known: your love is a gift, and so are you.
With all my heart,
Self
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