You Are Loved

During an EMDR session with a shaman, my younger self asked me why I was ashamed of her. I wasn't ready to address the little me that I'd tried burying for so many years. But I talked to her anyway. 

I told her I was sorry. Sorry for banishing her from my life. Sorry for hiding her from the world. Sorry for continuing to make her feel less than.

I cried. Then, I sobbed. Little me deserved more.

My shaman then asked me, what would you tell your younger self today?

I've got you. You're safe. I'm sorry and I love you. 

In what felt like some other world, I knelt down and hugged little me. 

       What would you say to your younger self if they were in the same room as you?