Life Through a Lens
starysmiles
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  • Reads 97,467
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  • Parts 24
  • Time 5h 35m
starysmiles
Ongoing, First published Feb 24, 2015
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❝Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.❞ 
                              ❝What if someone can't dance?❞ 
❝Then they find someone to teach them the moves,❞

A summer adventure filled with a little love, a little lie and a whole lot of photography.

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