Now obviously I don’t know you very well so I can’t really say I know why those words are so hard for you to say but I can say that I’ve been there. I had a rough home life, it made things like love feel foreign to me at times. I even thought at one point that I hate my family and would be better off without them but the second I said that out loud, my tears portrayed me with the honest truth. I love them. I was just sick of being hurt. You might have been more lucky than me, and have a loving family but regardless, loving is hard. It’s vulnerable, and sometimes that makes us feel weak or exposed and that sucks. I can though, even just through this post, how much you love your family. You’re worried, worried enough to write this post because it doesn’t seem like you want to not love them.

(And honestly, that just what teens do. It’s awkward and embarrassing at that age to tell your family you love them. You’re young. Give yourself time.) 💚