Before I Could Speak
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Last published Fri, Apr 10, 2026
They say the youngest child is the luckiest. The most loved, the most protected, the favorite.
But what they don't see are the quiet moments when I am overlooked, the times my opinions never seem to matter, and how my identity is always defined by everyone else.
This is not my attempt to prove that I had it harder. This is my truth. What it feels like to grow up misunderstood, to carry expectations I never chose, and to search for myself in a family that already thinks they know who I am.
Because sometimes, being the youngest does not mean I am the most loved.
Sometimes, it just means I am the least understood.
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