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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.

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Thank you for teaching her what real love does not look like.

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You make sure that someone is worth the trouble before allowing yourself to grow attached to them, because you realize most people would only be a waste of your time. 

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Introduces her to her inner grace.

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She’s my best friend. No one understands me like this tiny little human does. It amazes me how much wisdom she can have at such a young age.

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A narcissistic mother who cannot empathize damages her children’s healthy psychological development. Like Narcissus in the Greek myth, she sees only a reflection of herself.

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I want her to laugh at something that made her feel embarrassed months before, and to realize that time heals in almost all scenarios.

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“I had a dream that I killed myself and God showed me a bird’s-eye view of the effect my death had on my mom and dad.”