Some reactions are bigger than the moment in front of you. A friend cancels plans and it lands like being forgotten. Someone raises their voice and your whole body goes still before you have decided anything. A holiday comes around and a sadness shows up that you cannot quite place. Often that is an older feeling showing up in a newer life. It belongs to a younger version of you who did not have the words, the room, or the grown-ups to help carry it. A lot of people call this the inner child....

A Letter to the Kid You Used to Be

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