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It makes me feel needed in this crazy life. Something I'm not used to feeling.
What kind of parents do that? Make their child feel like they are not wanted, or worse, like they wish they didn't exist?
I'm too embarrassed to even go to therapy. Therapy that I clearly need.
The real reason I don't go to therapy, though, is that I don't want to sound whiny.
I just don't know where I belong. It feels like I have no sense of direction, no idea where I should settle down. I guess that's the feeling you get when no one is there waiting for you. I could move to Alaska, and I don't think anybody would care. Maybe I need a fresh start somewhere else new.
It doesn't take much before I'm lost between the pages in a world that's not my own.
When have I ever made someone that happy? My own parents don’t even get that much joy from my presence.
You need to think about yourself right now. I’ve watched you take a backseat to everybody else’s life and happiness for years with your family. I don’t want to see you do it again.
One of these days, I’m going to find out where I belong. For now, I’ll have to settle for where I am.
I’m just a college grad who still doesn’t know where she fits in this world.
Maybe I never will have that sense of belonging that I desire. Maybe it’s my childhood scar, always there to remind me of my inadequacy.
How could I be enough for him when I wasn’t even enough for my own parents?
How he treated me doesn’t add up with those words. He thinks I deserve everything. He is everything.
How does letting someone you love go without them being an equal part of the decision help that person?
We belong together. I’ve never been surer of anything in my life.
“I’ve never belonged anywhere before.” He shakes his head. “That’s not true. You’ve always belonged with me. It just took some time for us to find each other.”
I’ve found where I belong. It was never a city, a job, or anything I tried to conjure up in my mind. It was right here in this man’s arms.
