🌿 Affirmation Post: “I Am Becoming Who I Needed”

A sacred declaration for Survivors stepping into their wholeness.

I am no longer trying to return to who I was before the harm.
She didn’t have the tools.
She didn’t have the language.
She didn’t know what she didn’t know.

And it is not a betrayal to grow beyond her.
It is a tribute.

“I am not going back.
I am becoming who I needed.”

I needed someone to say:
“You don’t have to stay.”
“You are not what happened to you.”
“You are not broken—you are burdened.”
“You are not too sensitive—you are sacred.”

So now, I say it to myself.
And to the ones still walking through the fire.

Every boundary I set is a bridge back to myself.
Every truth I speak is a blessing over the girl I used to be.
Every time I choose rest over performance, I choose healing over hustle.

I honor who I had to become to survive.
And I cherish who I now get to be.

“I am soft. I am strong. I am safe.
And I am no longer waiting to be chosen—I choose myself, every day.”

There is no shame in protecting your peace.
There is no guilt in walking away from what hurt you.
There is no apology owed for becoming whole.

I am not here to fit back into who I used to be.
I am here to bloom—boldly, wildly, completely.
For me. For the girls watching. For the ones who never got the chance.