“My childhood was no longer mine. I could no longer identify with so much of it, because if I did, what was happening to me would become real.”
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The good and the bad. It’s all enmeshed. They say time heals all, but that’s impossible. Oxygen both sustains life and causes decay. And so we must live, and die one day. There is no moving past, there is only moving with. You can’t hold secrets at bay forever. They’ll consume you one way or another.
From Years 3 to 6 I played soccer, and was the only girl on the team. I was never any good. I think I scored
