Cess | 𝘿𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 & 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙨

sometimes I think about my younger self and wonder what she would think if she could see me now.

and I think she’d be proud 🥹

not necessarily because of the things I have but because she knows what it took for me to get here.

i’ve always been a dreamer. sometimes too much of one. 😂i have made decisions that didn’t make sense, trusted the wrong things and the wrong people, took risks I probably shouldn’t have and spent a lot of time being hard on myself for choices I wish I made differently.

but I also quietly fought my way through all of it.

there were so many things I never told anyone. so many times I was struggling but still acted like I was okay because I didn’t want anyone worrying about me.

i rarely asked my parents for help. or anyone, really. not because I didn’t have people who would help me but because I never wanted to be a burden. if I wanted something, I always felt like it was my responsibility to figure out how to get there.

so I did.

sometimes gracefully. sometimes very badly. 😂 but I figured things out.

and now, the older I get, the more I realize that my dreams aren’t even just about me anymore.

i want to make life easier for the people I love. i want my son to have choices. i want my parents to worry a little less. i want to be able to say, “I got this,” when someone I love needs something.

maybe that’s why I keep chasing dreams, even the ones that sound a little crazy.

life hasn’t always been easy but somehow it has still been so kind to me. 🙏

and I don’t ever want to take that for granted.

there’s still so much I want to do. so much I want to build. so many versions of my life I still want to meet.

but today, I’m just proud of the girl who quietly carried so much, made mistakes, learned the hard way and still never stopped dreaming.

my little self would be so proud.

and I think finally, I am too. 🤍🙏

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