What broke me won’t break them

 What broke me won’t break them.

That’s the cycle I’ve sworn to end with my kids.

I grew up carrying wounds that weren’t mine to hold. I carried silence when I should’ve been able to speak. I carried pain that no child should ever have to feel. And for years, I thought that was just the way life was.

But now I see the power in choosing differently.

My kids will know what it feels like to be safe. They’ll know their voices matter. They’ll know that love doesn’t come with conditions. They’ll know that home is not a place of fear, but of comfort.

The things that broke me will stop with me. I may still be healing, but I refuse to pass those same scars down to them.

They deserve better. And I’m going to make sure they get it.