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I think a lot of us Millennials are realizing the same thing at the same time: We weren’t supposed to be second mothers. We were supposed to be children. And maybe healing doesn’t look like rewriting the past. Maybe it looks like changing what comes next.

There’s a specific kind of grit that comes from being a millennial who’s doing the responsible thing while also trying to build the life you actually want. It’s not glamorous. It’s not linear. But it’s real. And it’s what so many of us are doing.