Hey It’s Kay. 3:33 A.M. Can we just… talk for a minute? This was the hardest week of my life… But somehow… I’m still here. I smiled when I didn’t want to. I answered, “I’m okay…” when I wasn’t. I kept apologizing for taking up space… when all I really needed was someone to stay. Some nights my thoughts get so loud… I can’t even hear my own heart anymore. And I wonder… Do my words matter to anybody? Maybe… I’m not asking for someone to fix me. Maybe… I just need someone to sit beside me until the storm passes. Your words matter. Your story matters. Even if your voice shakes. Even if nobody understands yet. You matter. You always have. You always will. I felt trapped… Standing in a room full of people… still feeling completely alone. No one could hear what my mind sounded like. But I was screaming. I was screaming. I was screaming for someone… Someone… or something… to make it stop. Everybody saw my panic… Nobody heard my fear. The louder my pain became… The smaller I felt. Everybody kept saying, “Just breathe…” Like I wasn’t already using every ounce of strength I had left. Round and round… Like a carousel inside my head. Reset. Repeat. Reset. Repeat. Just trying to make it to another sunrise. Kay… This is temporary. Just breathe. You’re okay. One breath. One heartbeat. One more sunrise. You’ve survived every hard day before this one. You’ll survive this one too. Your words matter. Even when they come out through tears. Your story matters. Even if it’s still being written. You matter. Not because you’ve healed already… But because you never stopped trying. If nobody told you today… Come sit with me. We don’t have to solve everything tonight. We can just… breathe. Round and round… Until the carousel finally slows down. The world can be mean… But you still mean the world to somebody. Thank you… for listening to my words. Now… let me say something to you. If you’re scared… I’m sitting right here. If you’re tired… Rest here for a while. You don’t have to earn kindness. You don’t have to hide your pain. Your words matter. Your story matters. You matter. I believe you. You’re not alone tonight. We’re going to be okay. Love, Kay…
