seika15
Hello, I'm Keira Lynx Cooper, 15 years old and a 9th grader. I am the only daughter of Katherine Lynx Cooper and Paul Keinn Cooper, and we are a loving, happy family. My father owns a company with various businesses, including my mom's boutique and our famous restaurant here in Manila. I am truly grateful for everything I have-the love of my family, the comforts of life, and opportunities that many dream of.
But despite all this happiness around me, I often feel empty inside. I have lots of friends and close ones, like Thalia Ember Mendez, Quennara Mae Fuentez, Elion Paul Smith, and my cousin and best friend Harvey John Cooper. Both of our fathers run companies, and our lives seem perfect to the outside world. Yet, there's a darkness I carry within-a part of me that feels unseen and unheard.
There was a time when I didn't really know how to love myself. I kept looking for it in other people-waiting for their attention, their reassurance, their effort. And when it didn't come the way I expected, I started to question my worth. I thought maybe I was too much, or maybe I was just not enough.
I got tired of feeling that way.
So little by little, I started choosing myself. Not in a perfect, "I have it all together" kind of way-but in small, quiet decisions. Like allowing myself to rest without guilt. Like not chasing people who don't meet me halfway. Like learning to sit with my own thoughts without tearing myself down.
It wasn't easy. Some days I still fall back into old habits. I still doubt, I still overthink. But now, I catch myself. I remind myself that I deserve the same kind of love I give so freely to others.
Loving myself didn't make me perfect-it made me more honest. More patient. More real.
And I'm still learning. Every day, I'm still learning.
Loving myself became my own kind of therapy.