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I would then write and rewrite and edit and rewrite and edit more and scrutinize the language until it no longer sounded like English and I had convinced myself I was illiterate and no one had ever had the heart to tell me.

“What I want and what I need deserves to be listened to.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“I'm trying every day to face myself. The results vary, but the attempts are consistent.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“At the beginning of the decade, the people I was close to seemed like friends for life, people I could never imagine not seeing every day. But life happens. Love happens. Loss happens. Change and growth happen at different paces for different people, and sometimes the paces just don’t line up. It’s devastating if I think too much about it, so I usually don’t.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“So much of my life felt so out of control for so long. And I’m done with that being my reality.
I want my life to be in my hands. Not an eating disorder’s or a casting director’s or an agent’s or my mom’s. Mine.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
I want my life to be in my hands. Not an eating disorder’s or a casting director’s or an agent’s or my mom’s. Mine.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“That guilt and frustration can be helpful in moving us forward, but shameâ€� shame keeps us stuck. It’s a paralyzing emotion.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died

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