Since I read this, I’ve been thinking about adults who looked at me like I was another adult they didn’t like very much (when I was a child).. and the impact it had! Still has!
I would love to be able to comment on a way that solely supports your telling, and doesn’t involve my own experience. I can’t, because your story resonates with me so profoundly, that it took my breath away.
I just don't know what to do when people show up as unaccepting of the real truths/stories. It's like at first it's amazing to them, all the resilience and the fact that you're still standing, maybe there's an assumption that you could take on anything and then later they see the impact or the toll and THEN they run because it's too hard for them, too real and scary.
Please know that by being courageous and sharing your story, you've helped me feel so much less alone and to find the right words to help me tell my story too. Thank you 💚 I'm so grateful for you
What a beautiful foray into self-acceptance and self-love! I appreciate how difficult this was for you to put into writing. It's so hard to take that first step after having kept things to yourself for years. It's also normal and healthy to feel shaky and unsure when vulnerable. Really grateful I found you, dude <3 You deserve the exact same love, support, and healing that you wish for for others.
Also oh god I **heavily** relate to how expensive it is to pretend you're not homeless while, in fact, homeless :')
Thank you for sharing yourself and your story with us the way you do Jamila. It’s so interesting to me how deeply I relate to what you shared, and how different our experiences were in various ways. Witnessing you and aching for you in what you’ve lived through and what it’s been like for you, and holding you with so much appreciation and reverence and like… fuck yes-ness as you move through this process. It is so powerful and impactful and beautiful to witness.
I relate to so much of this 💕
I’m so sorry and also grateful to be in shared experience w you
Since I read this, I’ve been thinking about adults who looked at me like I was another adult they didn’t like very much (when I was a child).. and the impact it had! Still has!
There is a bliss of owning our stories but my fav part is the reclaim of our power of ourselves. 🫶🏽
You always have the right words. I’m so lucky to know you
I would love to be able to comment on a way that solely supports your telling, and doesn’t involve my own experience. I can’t, because your story resonates with me so profoundly, that it took my breath away.
I will definitely be becoming a a paid subscriber once I have some money. - Thank you Jamila.
I just don't know what to do when people show up as unaccepting of the real truths/stories. It's like at first it's amazing to them, all the resilience and the fact that you're still standing, maybe there's an assumption that you could take on anything and then later they see the impact or the toll and THEN they run because it's too hard for them, too real and scary.
Please know that by being courageous and sharing your story, you've helped me feel so much less alone and to find the right words to help me tell my story too. Thank you 💚 I'm so grateful for you
What a beautiful foray into self-acceptance and self-love! I appreciate how difficult this was for you to put into writing. It's so hard to take that first step after having kept things to yourself for years. It's also normal and healthy to feel shaky and unsure when vulnerable. Really grateful I found you, dude <3 You deserve the exact same love, support, and healing that you wish for for others.
Also oh god I **heavily** relate to how expensive it is to pretend you're not homeless while, in fact, homeless :')
Thank you for sharing yourself and your story with us the way you do Jamila. It’s so interesting to me how deeply I relate to what you shared, and how different our experiences were in various ways. Witnessing you and aching for you in what you’ve lived through and what it’s been like for you, and holding you with so much appreciation and reverence and like… fuck yes-ness as you move through this process. It is so powerful and impactful and beautiful to witness.