When I Was a Child
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TW: DRUGS, BULLYING, QUESTANABLE PARENTING. Have you ever looked over your life and thought about putting it in words? Well, I have and that is what this is dedicated to. Most what happened is not for the faint of heart, so with that said, here is what happened when I was a child. Not all is bad, yet not all is good.
Credit to the app Wonder for making the cover image. I'm not good at drawing.
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