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My friends don’t see the sheer energy it takes to drag myself out of bed every morning. 

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It taught me how to pick myself back up, no matter how sore or how down or how angry I am. It taught me to go again and again and again because there is nothing better than the feeling of accomplishment.

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I wish you could see yourselves through my eyes—your extraordinary strengths, your uniqueness, and your talents that go beyond even your own mind to see.

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I dream about you sometimes. We are in an empty hallway, silent. Only now the silence would not end. I still hope that someday it will.

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It isn’t always about toxicity, abuse, or narcissism; sometimes it’s just about growing at a different pace.

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My mom and I both feel things like bricks and we barely know the difference between love and pain.

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Save you and your parents a whole lot of money by living at home.

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Don’t tell me that you have never forgotten your mother is your mother. Her skin, yours. Her laugh, yours. Her hair, yours. Her soul, yours.

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There’s a part of me that feels like a shitty person because it’s not that hard to send a text, it’s not that hard to be there. But another part of me feels like it’s okay to be a little distant, to put myself first, to make sure my mental health is in a decent space.

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In my effort to be obedient, I lost sight of what is truly important to me: what makes me happy, what I am good at, what brings me fulfillment.