Stealing Pulse
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Last published Tue, May 24, 2011
This is a story about me. My life as I see it. I tell it in the first person and it is written like a diary entry, only more intimate. I don't hold anything back, so prepare yourself for the raw, uncensored, and compassionate story of what its like to be caught in-between living my life and running from it. I know what it's like to be in the shower, having the water cover the sound of your sobs.
I know what it's like to lay in bed sobbing and gripping your chest like there's nothing left.
I know what it's like to feel like there's no hope left to hold onto. To think you're all alone.
But I also know what it's like to realize you aren't.
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