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In recent years, I’ve enjoyed finding out who my parents are outside of their roles as parents.

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Healing is “That nearly destroyed me, but I can’t change it, and I’ll be stronger because of it even if it doesn’t feel like it right now.”⁣⁣⁣

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Acceptance allows you the freedom to be yourself, because when we’re consumed by pain and suffering, we are not our true selves.

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The five stages of grief don’t happen in succession.

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I am slowly learning how to come to terms with change. How to face the unknown with courage and grace, instead of fear. 

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This is me understanding that just because things have to end doesn’t make them any less meaningful.

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I don’t have to identify with being sick or let my sickness define me. But I don’t need to resist it either.

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When you choose to accept and love someone despite all the things that upset you and disappoint you about them, you make them feel like they are not less of a person because of their flaws, and that in itself is empowering.

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You’re not a bad person. You’re not a disappointment or a failure. You’re just human. You’re still learning and growing and finding your way. And it’s okay. You’ll be okay.

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The sun has shifted now, and the dappled shadows of the leaves reach my knees.