a more open and vulnerable post...
I’m going to be really honest... being an only child really stinks sometimes. Yeah, I definitely receive more than I would with siblings, and yes I have great parents who enjoy spending time with me, but at the end of the day, I find myself looking for someone else to just spend time with. I have a pretty low number of friends for many reasons, but mainly because anymore I don’t screw around with people who don’t want to invest in a relationship with me. I spent YEARS trying to beg and plead people to hang out with me; I basically did whatever it took for them to be my “friend”. Let me tell you, people pleasing is exhausting, not to mention physically and mentally draining. I basically did this from first grade up until the middle of my junior year, I was in that much pain and needed affirmation that I was worthy. Let me let y’all in on a little secret – the only person’s opinion you should TRULY care about is God’s, and He thinks you’re not only worthy, but also fearfully and wonderf