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It is okay to not feel beautiful all the time.

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My heart will never again leap at the sheer sight of ice-cream.

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It’s not easy, I know it.

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The way you often put your head on my shoulder (it’s easy because you are tall and I am not tall) as if to say “my neck is tired” or “let’s briefly touch scalps” or “I love you.”

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I avoided every song that reminds me of you.

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You too can take my heart and break it. You too can take every ounce of hope that I have and every ounce of light in this world that I see and turn it into sadness.  

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I crawled our way out. Even though most days we didn’t think I ever would; I made it. 

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You have the future in your hands.

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You could have never known how much this year would change you.

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One day, I’ll hold you in my arms and I’ll feel like you were always supposed to be there.