Stay strong.
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Last published Fri, Feb 8, 2013
I was told by some of my friends I should write about my life so that is sort of what I am doing. Its not all exactly what happened just what I can remebmer. But all the charaters are real people but with changed names.
If i sum it up in 5 words it would be.... Divorce, Love, Sisters, Trust, Strength...
"I want to stay strong, for my dad, for myself, I have to. Its breaking my heart but it is saving my father’s. I have to, don’t I? If I stay strong I might not fall apart I may be able to keep living as I always have done. I can almost feel my heart being ripped out, but it doesn’t matter as long as I stay strong. No one is happy really, not entirely and I can never be. That’s how I know God isn’t real if he was I would see happiness and I could be happy. But I’m not, no one is and no one will ever be."
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