When you're 4 and you're scared to be on a softball team for the first time, it's going to be OK. You'll end up crushing it and being one of the best players you know by the time you stop playing 14 years later.
When you're 5 and your grandma forces you to stay inside and study all day, it's going. to be OK. You're so far ahead of everyone else in your age group and that set you up to stay ahead for the rest of your life.
When you're 10 and you start at the new scary Catholic school, it turns out OK! They bully you for a while and no one listens for what feels like forever, but you end up getting the help you need and finally get to go to school with your friends!
When you're 12 and you finally get your first boyfriend ever and starts pressuring you, it's going to be OK. You stand up for yourself and it's empowering.
When you're 13 and your depression and anxiety get really bad, it'll be OK. It takes a long time but a doctor will finally listen to you and that helps a lot.
When you're 14 and softball begins to make a rift between you and your dad, it's OK. You guys bond over other things later in life, and you find out that he's great with advice.
When you're 15 and get your second real boyfriend only to find out he doesn't love you and was cheating on you during the two-year relationship, you'll be OK! Trust me, you do so much better, with people that actually care about you.
When you're 16 and no one believes that your injured, you'll be OK! It takes a year or two but finally, someone will tell you it's your MCL
When you're 17 and he ruins your life, you're eventually OK. Right now, we're waiting for the nightmares and fear to stop but I know one day we'll be OK.
When you're 18 and you and the boy you thought you loved break up, you're totally OK. You realize you didn't need to be dating someone and that you're OK alone.
When you're 20 and the guy you do love leaves you, well you're still OK. It hurts right now, A LOT, but we're going to figure it out.
