SARAH SWORE SHE WOULD NEVER FORGIVE HER PARENTS Sarah was only twelve when her parents started treating her like an adult. While other children played with their friends, she was busy washing clothes, cooking meals, and finding ways to take care of herself. Her parents were always busy with their own lives. They expected her to understand everything, even when she was still a child who needed love, attention, and protection. Whenever she complained, they told her, “You are old enough to take care of yourself. Stop behaving like a baby.” Those words hurt her more than they knew. As she grew older, Sarah learned to hide her tears. She worked hard, paid her own bills, and promised herself that she would never depend on anyone. Years later, Sarah became a mother. She loved her children deeply, but sometimes she looked at them playing happily and felt a painful sadness inside her. She wanted to enjoy every moment with them, but she was always working to give them the comfortable life she never had. She was so busy trying to be the perfect mother that she barely had time to enjoy being one. One evening, her mother called and said, “We did our best. You should be grateful.” Sarah went silent before replying, “You gave me responsibilities when I needed parents. Now my children are growing up, and I am struggling to enjoy them because I am still healing from my childhood.” Her mother began to cry, but Sarah ended the call. That night, she made a painful promise to herself: she would never forgive her parents for taking away the childhood she could never get back. But deep down, she wondered whether holding on to that anger was stealing even more years from her life, but she made a resolution to forgive her parents