Dance with your daddy. Make cookies with your mommy.
Laugh. Giggle. Fight with your brothers and share secrets with your sisters.
When I take a look at your lives full of love and innocence my heart is overwhelmed with the reality you get to experience on a daily basis. It's beautiful.
You probably won't understand for a long time. I didn't. And I'm still not sure I do.
But life isn't like this for every little girl. In the same moment that you're sleeping in a warm bed, safe from all harm, there is a little girl that's alone, hurting and wondering what she did to feel so much pain.
When you get a glimpse of another girls life, please don't judge or assume. Leave space for what you don't know or understand. But don't double-guess your own experience. Don't despair of your "perfect" life. Live it fully. Love fully.
Embrace these days, this love. Open your heart so wide that love fills every crack and then spills right out onto everyone you interact with.
Don't forget that everyone has a story. Every woman you interact with was once a little girl. And every little girl just wanted to be seen and known and loved.
Use the love you've known to make a difference. Because it can and it will.
