Dream Life

                                           Honor the little girl inside of you, the little girl that was abused, hurt, abandoned, who felt she was never enough. Let her feel safe, let her  know she is loved, tell her everyday. Make her feel so special, she deserves it, keep her clean and warm and nourish her with the nutritious foods. Let her feel free. Let her embrace the  things she loved doing, skating in the park, jumping on the trampoline, painting, running, swimming, making sandcastles, girly sleepovers, making stories, playing dressup. It might sound silly, it might sound irrelevant but honouring the little kid inside of you is going to bring you so much joy and fulfilment. That little version of you, still exists, and deserves to be honoured. Give yourself the love and care, and joy that was stolen from you as a child.

                                             she had a library, you see, with many different stories to loan. but the ones you couldn't borrow were those that were her own. they sat there on the bookshelf, abandoned, collecting dust, for those she used to show them to had all broken her trust. there were some chapters that to them looked out of place, and even some words that they had tried to erase. there were some empty shelves because of all the stories they took and other shelves full of tales that had never been given a look. one day a boy came in and began to fill his cart with all the books she'd written from her heart. at first, she was terrified but he promised to stay and read every single one without stopping halfway. he brushed off the dust from the stories that were forgotten and worked through the pile until he finally reached the bottom. then through the stac...