In all the maturing I have done, in all the unlearning and growing, I have discovered something lovely: the girl I once was will always be present in all the woman I am becoming. She never really departed. She just curled herself away, waiting for the time I would slow down enough to hear her chuckling once more. And now, after all the storms survived, the knowledge acquired, and the quiet conflicts defeated, I find myself gravitating inward, back to her. Gratitude instead of shame or remorse. Because she is wild, inquiring, and full of amazement, she begins everything.
The girl I once was shows me how to love without conditions, how to dream without fear, and how to discover pleasure in the basic and the small. She is still in the way I grin at something lovely, in the way my heart leaps at the sound of music, in the way I still desire to run barefoot occasionally to feel the earth beneath my skin. I formerly believed I had to leave her behind to mature; nowadays I see that she forms the very foundation of the lady I have grown to be. She gave me my softness, my laughs, my need for more. She taught me to believe in magic, and when the world tried to steal that from me, it was her voice I had to fight to keep. Coming full circle helps me to view her as a light that still illuminates me rather than as a ghost from the past. It means letting her remind me to be joyful in a world that strives to make us inflexible. It means offering her the love and security she never always had.
And on the days I feel lost, it means holding her close and whispering to her, “We made it. We are still here. We are still evolving as well. Womanhood is about honoring where we came from, holding hands with every version of ourselves and saying, “You mattered. You always did,” not about forgetting. Doing so heals not only the woman I am but also the young girl who once doubted her strength. She inspires me to live fully, to speak respectfully, and to dream boldly. So here I am: not done, not perfect, but whole in a way that feels genuine. I’m still developing, still rising, but I no longer run from the girl I used to be. I am walking with her right now. We are one. We are one. Together, we are also turning into something lovely.
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Nice close to the series! “We are one!”
Beautiful and well thought through piece of article, thanks for sharing .