🖤👑❤️ ~Christina Love~ 🖤👑

🖤 ~I penned a few words, a few different times…but I just couldn’t seem to express myself how I wanted to. As a writer, that happens, often, actually. So I pray this simple blog post touches your heart and mind today. 🙏

🖤 ~Every heart carries its own tender places ~ the quiet wounds from times we felt unseen, unloved, or left behind. We may think we’ve moved on, but sometimes a simple moment ~ a pause in conversation, a forgotten text, a careless word ~ brushes against that old ache. And suddenly the past feels alive again. This is what it means when a heart wound is triggered.

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🖤 ~The nature of heart wounds

🖤 ~A heart wound isn’t just a memory. It’s the echo of a time when love felt uncertain, when safety was shaken. These wounds form in many ways:

• The sting of rejection.

• The silence of neglect.

• The break of trust.

• The weight of shame.

They stay with us because they touch the deepest part of being human: our longing to belong, to be held, to matter.

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🖤 ~When the past whispers in the present

Triggers often appear quietly, disguised as everyday moments:

• A partner pulls away, and the ache of abandonment stirs.

• A small joke cuts deeper than it should, carrying the voice of long-ago shame.

It isn’t the present alone we are reacting to ~ it’s the echo of the past asking to be heard.

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🖤 ~Meeting yourself with care

When your heart is triggered, you don’t need to push the pain away. You can pause, breathe, and remember: this is an old wound being touched, not a new rejection. Don’t be so hard on yourself when you feel triggered, because you are allowing yourself to feel and that is so very important within ourself.

Gentle steps help:

• Place a hand over your heart and breathe slowly.

• Whisper words of kindness to yourself: “I am safe. I am loved.”

• Remind yourself that the pain belongs to the past, even if it feels present.

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🖤 ~Healing the tender places

Heart wounds may not disappear, but they can soften. With time, reflection, and safe relationships, they become less raw. Triggers shift from overwhelming waves into gentle reminders: here is a place that still longs for healing.

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🖤 ~A final thought

To have wounds in your heart is not a weakness ~ it is proof that you have loved, trusted, and opened yourself to life. When those wounds are touched, it’s not the end of your story. It is an invitation to listen with compassion, to tend to yourself gently, and to let healing keep unfolding.

🖤 ~many blessings,..

🖤👑 ~ christina love ~ ❤️