emotional

Nothing cuts deeper than the aching reality of being an adult who hustles tirelessly, yet still finds herself unable to send money back to the very parents who sacrificed everything for her. It's not that she didn’t work hard; it’s the brokenness of society that leaves so many of us stranded in a cycle of struggle.

All I want is to give back to the ones who sacrificed everything for me. The weight of this struggle feels unbearable at times, and I ache for the simplicity of those days when love was enough, and worries were as intangible as the clouds in the sky.