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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

The Scars We Bear

I get through it, trying not to pay attention to the voices in my head telling me how stupid I am for making such a ridiculous mistake

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Learning to Fly

“Loser, you’re a loser,” my classmates taunt, pointing at my cleft lip while I shrink into hopeless oblivion

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Mali & Me

The shock of Mali’s revelation hit me hard, and the next two or three days were painful and strained

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Finding my Voice

My stutter didn’t just turn up one day, like it does for some people after a traumatic event — it’s been with me for as long as I can remember

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Monday, April 03, 2023

Doing It All

I tried to keep doing, but my grades were slipping, and deep inside me, I knew I was beginning to snap

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Tuesday, February 07, 2023

In Sight

An estimated 1.1 million of Americans are classified as legally blind, so my life is hardly unique

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Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Greatness

I wish I was like Mirelle, I told Hashem, that night. Why am I me and not her? But it was unrealistic, I knew. I’d never be like you

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Thursday, October 06, 2022

Where Are You?

I was leaving all my friends behind. Except Eliana. And yet high school, it seemed, had no room for her

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Making the Call

“Am I not good enough anymore? Do you need me AND Perry to be with you all the time?”

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Tuesday, July 05, 2022

Give or Take    

Everyone else has pairs and pairs of fashionable shoes. Why am I always different?

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Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Good Enough   

Sometimes, it just feels like I live with a monster. A monster called perfectionism