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Stealing Moments

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It hurts when someone leaves your life for good. Someone who was once a big part of it. It's easy to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and start moving forward. Really it's just one foot in front of the other, everyday, all day. But it's not that easy to realise that deep down you're still broken because you never gave yourself the time to heal.

Moving on is not about trying to bury the past. It's about acceptance. 

A girl named Irisa and a boy named Henry learn this lesson the hard way. And this is their story. Of hardships, of friendships, of breaking and hurting and healing. Of learning to let the love in again. 

All Right Reserved. Copyright © 2019 by Syeda Zainab Salam.All Rights Reserved

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