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When Push Comes to Shove
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Ongoing, First published Nov 16, 2016
Life isn't fair. 
It's that simple, right? Or maybe it isn't. We go through life trying to be the best person we can be. To everyone, that looks different. To my brother, the perfect person is popular. Cool. Loved. 
To me, that person is kind. Smart. Loving. 
Very different, my brother and I. He takes. I give. We're each half of the circle. Sometimes, he takes too much, so I make up for it by giving too much. Sometimes, I give too little, so he must take too little. Either way, one of us gets hurt. And usually it's me. 
But this time it wasn't me. It wasn't Aaron. No one knows why. 


I see the truth. 
I see that maybe life isn't as unfair as it seems.
Maybe, just maybe, things happen for a reason.
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