A Letter to My Younger Self (Written from the other side of the healing)

This came from a journal prompt in Silk + Sonder this month...

It asked me to write a letter to my younger self...to speak to the girl I used to be with the wisdom I hold now.

And as I wrote, something shifted.

Because while I was writing to her, I realized I was also writing to every girl, every woman, every version of me who still needs to hear this.

So here it is.

Unfiltered.

From my heart to hers… and maybe yours, too.

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A Letter to My Younger Self...

Dear me,

I know how hard it is to feel like you're too much and not enough at the same time.

I know how you try so hard to keep the peace, to be true to who you are, carry the weight, and smile through the pain.

But let me tell you something I’ve learned…

You...my beautiful blue-eyed bombshell...You don't have to shrink yourself or scream to be heard or loved.

Your feelings matter TOO!

And they are not wrong.

You are allowed to take up space.

There will be times where you question everything...your worth, your purpose, your place, your strength.

But even in the messy moments, the still ones, in the mundane...you are growing.

Embracing who you are won't be easy.

You'll lose people along the way.

But the right ones will love you for it.

You will find your place and your peace in being exactly who God created you to be.

Not for the approval of others,

but for His purpose.

Keep going.

Keep being you.

Keep showing up.

Keep choosing authenticity... honesty... real.

Keep choosing you.

Sincerely,

The version of yourself

that finally knows who she is.

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This is what healing looks like.

Not perfection...but truth.

And I hope in reading this, you feel even a little more free to speak kindly to the you that’s still healing, too.

With love,

Kristen, Unfiltered Xo 💋

> "She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come."

Proverbs 31:25 (NIV)