What is something you always wanted or wanted to do as a kid?

But never got to...😟

For me it was getting any form of kindness or love, or, having a fun ritual like making Gingerbread houses at Christmas, or having dessert before dinner once in a blue moon.

Whatever it is, you have permission to grant it, Now !!!!!!!!
😊💓🌷🍦

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kodiac · 22-25, M

A real family instead of foster care.

Coralmist · 41-45, F

@kodiac You deserved what most do get. Take every moment you can now, to be kind to yourself, compassionate to yourself. Those things we WOULD have gotten in a normal loving family, regularly 🌸

kodiac · 22-25, M

@Coralmist What's hard now is seeing people my age who take family for granted, losing their mind because their parents won't buy them the best phone. Saw a girl tell her mother she hates her because her phone is old ,plus she's in her 20s buy your own damn phone. Grandparents who never see their grandkids because the kids are too busy.

Coralmist · 41-45, F

@kodiac Ya exactly. It's really sad . Or just seeing kids and their parents, they joke around with the kids, praise them, hug them etc..i can't even remember having that ever... and the esteem I would have had from that over time. It's hard trying to give myself love when I know zero about it. But I guess I just try more now to let mistakes go, and realize we are all fallible humans and it's Ok..🌺

kodiac · 22-25, M

@Coralmist i don't think people realize the things they learn as kids carry on throughout life ..Good things like love from family ,how relationships work ,stability, security. If like us you never get those things we are not prepared to function as adults .It's like never learning to read then someone hands you a book,it's like ok what do i do with this?

Coralmist · 41-45, F

@kodiac So true. It pangs me seeing friends or other adults take all that background they had for granted. And I feel like an unwhole person daily, while they find love, have confidence etc..from having that stability from the start in life. The only substitute now to gain any esteem so I can actually try to LIVE or ever think about love, is to do to myself what a parent would have. Showing care, kindness etc...regularly. And it's hard. But they say just do the opposite of depression, bully voice or anxiety. So that is definitely the opposite. 🌼

kodiac · 22-25, M

@Coralmist Well against all odds you become a pretty awesome adult.💯

Coralmist · 41-45, F

@kodiac Ty ...that means a lot.🪻 And that goes for YOU too friend 🫂

kodiac · 22-25, M

@Coralmist

Coralmist · 41-45, F

@kodiac So pretty, thank you 🌸