Running Towards Home
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I didn't know where I was running to, but I knew I was running towards home.
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Clara never felt like she belonged, she had a nice home life, great friends, wonderful community, but never felt like she belonged. Her parents never wanted her to leave, so she decided to run.
She wanted to experience things, to live, to be broken-hearted, to be loved, to be happy, to be free, to feel as if she belonged.
Only then would she be home.
So she ran.
She didn't know where she was running to, but she knew wherever she ended would be home.
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