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The worst thing you could do for the person you lost is to stop living your life, stop growing.

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I am not a clean slate anymore. I am not a person without scars or bruises. But I am a person who has overcome loss and has dealt with pain without numbing cream and without a vice.

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And she believed it. She believed her feelings weren’t as important. She believed her heartache wasn’t as real as other “flashy” pain.

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I knew you so shortly. But at night you whisper to me.