I would also tell myself that the people that are raising her that she will be able to leave them behind when she gets older and that she will be okay and that there are people out there that she can adopt into being her own parents and that she will be able to heal.

I would tell my younger self that it is okay to dream, that just because you are to be a woman one day does not mean man gets to define who you are. I would tell my younger self that she is okay to dream to become a doctor, to join the military, to maybe even be an astronaut, and that is okay.

I would tell my younger self that it is okay to keep writing, to even publish, and that people will love her writing one day. I would encourage her to keep writing music, keep singing, that one day people will love her singing. I will tell her

I will tell her that she will be able to heal her inner child, that she will be able to learn to reparent herself, and that even though life can be difficult, that she is, she is the soul that her ancestry line has been waiting for to break generational trauma, and everything she's been through will make sense one day.

I would tell my younger self how much she is loved and adored, how special she is, how the way adults in her life treat her is not a reflection on who she is. I would tell my younger self that she is priceless and that nobody will ever be able to take that away from her.

I would tell my younger self to always trust her intuition first so that she doesn't ignore it for the second time, the third time. I would teach her what an intuition is. In fact, I would teach her in general because she did not have that growing up. She would learn so she is better set up for the future.

Thank you, Carbon, for the soundbite. It's got me a little emotional. I really appreciate you and I hope you have a beautiful evening.