One Breath at a Time
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We all go through that time in our lives where we're not living but bearly breathing. This is how we learn to embrace those times while relearning how to enjoy life.
Lena is just like any other teenager, struggling to fit into what is used to describe normal and everything is okay. Until one day it's just not.
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