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The Doctor Said I Can’t Run Anymore And Just Like That–I Gave Another Little...

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I used to run—I’d just decide, on a whim, to throw my earbuds in and run down my road—whenever I wanted. And even after I...

I Kept My Baby

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I kept my baby. Even though I was sixteen, even though I didn’t know how I would, I kept my baby. Even when everyone told me “kids shouldn’t...

This Isn’t The Summer For Relaxing

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You won’t catch me reading a book by the pool this summer. I won’t be sunbathing on the beach. This isn’t the summer I’ll have an...

“But you’re pretty enough, mama.” Those Words Stopped Everything.

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The words that came from the other side of my bedroom door stopped everything. I stopped frantically searching for a bobby pin. I stopped my self-hate monologue. I just stopped.