06/06/2026
I remember sitting on the bathroom floor at 2am, exhausted, ashamed, wondering when I’d become someone who resented the person I loved most…
Here’s what I’d say to her now.
This was never sustainable, and that was never your fault. You were doing the work of three people and calling yourself weak for getting tired.
Getting help wouldn’t have taken anything away from your mom. It would have given her back the version of you that wasn’t running on empty.
The day you stop trying to be everything is the day you get to go back to being her daughter.