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We say, “Let me know if you need to talk,” but don’t pick up the phone and call. We tell them, “Let me know if you need help with dinner,” but don’t actually make the dinner.

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This is for you on the day when all hope seems lost.

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Listen to your body and your mind and take care of them both.

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We must let these feelings move through us and our lives at the pace they need to so we can one day finally be free.

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God reminds me that happiness comes from experiencing His love. And that is why I smile through the pain. Not because I’m faking it, but because His love overwhelms me when I struggle.

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You always have a choice to make, even in the chaos.

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

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I walk through the streets and my body feels like a New York winter and I’m limping like an injured deer and my legs are frozen and my nose is frozen and my entire being is frozen and everything is numb, numb, numb and I stumble around like a drunken sailor and you say you’ll love me through it.

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Send a text. Ask them how they’re doing. Tell them you miss their face and their presence. Sometimes a text as simple as “Hey, I miss you” means the world to me when I’m going through a hard time.

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Take pride in how far you’ve come and don’t for a minute think that you’re any less than the next person you come across.