A Road Who Wrote A Route

A Road Who Wrote A Route

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Hi. This is me. Just an ordinary girl with too many shadows following behind. I wasn't born in a grand city. I didn't grow up with peace. My childhood was built on fear-silent meals, broken plates, and that one man with the thick mustache who always knew how to twist a smile into something dangerous. I was just a kid who couldn't cry too loudly because no one would listen. A girl who learned too early how to walk on eggshells and disappear inside herself. But life has a cruel sense of humor. Just when I thought I had enough pain in my pocket, love knocked on the door wearing soft eyes and big ears - a strange boy I met through a glowing screen. Let's just call him Big Ears. He came from a place far away, where the mountains kiss the sky, and his words sounded like puzzle pieces that almost fit mine. Almost. He made me laugh, he made me dream. He also made me realize how love isn't always enough - not when distance, fear, and rules louder than hearts get in the way. Not when your past is still gripping your ankle, dragging you down just when you're about to fly. This story isn't about perfect endings. It's about the messy middle. About how I tried to heal - from trauma, from heartbreak, from always depending on someone else to save me. It's about learning to stand on my own feet, cook my own meals, walk unfamiliar roads alone, and chase something I never thought I deserved: a future. This is the story of how I picked up my broken pieces and turned them into stepping stones toward a scholarship, a new life, and maybe - just maybe - peace. So if you're here for perfection, this isn't that. But if you're here for honesty, scars, and strength built from the ugliest places - stay. I have a story to tell.
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Hi, I'm Emelia. A professional dentist now, running my own clinic. My life? Stable. Quiet. Honestly-boring. But it wasn't always like this. Back in high school, I was a completely different person. Fun. Loud. Loving. A bit of a brat, sure, but I was happy. Especially around my birthday. My 17th birthday was supposed to be special-the last big one before adult life. Everyone was dreading it and looking forward to it all at once. But me? I remember it for a very different reason. That day gave me a decision I never wanted to make. One that flipped my world upside down-and took something I could never get back. It started with a list. Every year, I made a birthday list-fun things, dreams, places to travel, silly goals like "Talk to the cute guy in math." But that year, my list was different. "Understand everything." "Fix what's broken." "Feel complete." But nothing on that list ever came true. Because that year, my mother left. Forever. Since then, I stopped writing. Stopped celebrating birthdays. Stopped believing in wishes. That year took so much from me. And I never figured out why it all happened. It was all so sudden-like life changed in a single breath. I didn't think much about it again until recently, when I found my old diary. The one where I used to write those birthday lists. Just touching the cover brought back everything I tried to forget. And I realized-I never truly let go of the past. Not then. Not now. But do people really let go? Especially when the past holds pieces of who we are? What happens if we don't let go? Do we stay stuck? Or do we carry it forward, quietly shaping everything we do? I'm still trying to figure that out. Check out the story for more. Because maybe letting go isn't about forgetting- Maybe it's about learning to live with what stays.

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