Good morning, friends.

I think it's really easy to minimize our struggles, to tell ourselves to just get over it because someone had it much worse and they're doing just fine. But that's unfair for a hundred different reasons. No two of us have the same combination of experiences, and even the ones we share affect us in so many different ways. Everyone struggles, and all of our struggles are valid. Please be gentle with yourself, and allow yourself to acknowledge and process your feelings.