The Weight of being the Eldest

She was never asked if she was ready, she was only expected to be strong. As the eldest daughter, she grew up learning how to carry responsibilities that were never meant for her age, dreams that were never really hers, and a life that demanded her to mature too quickly. While others were allowed to be children, she became the second parent, the problem-solver, the one who always had to understand even when no one tried to understand her. In a world where she had to raise everyone else, she slowly forgot how to raise herself.