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By anonymousmorgan BRONZE
Bronx, New York

I am the product of an affair. Technically, my mother never knew it was an affair; my father never revealed his estranged wife to her. After I was born, he never revealed my exist...
anonymousmorgan BRONZE, Bronx, New York
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The only time I set the bar low is for limbo."


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By meghanconsorti BRONZE
Wilmington, Massachusetts
meghanconsorti BRONZE, Wilmington, Massachusetts
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By cherry-blossoms SILVER
San Jose, California
cherry-blossoms SILVER, San Jose, California
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment
SabastienU BRONZE, Midland, Michigan
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By Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
62 articles 87 photos 200 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both. <br /> - Native American proverb<br /> <br /> Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.<br /> - Dylan Thomas<br /> <br /> What is past is past -- it is the present and the future that concern us.<br /> - Hiawatha, founder of the Iroquois Confederacy

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By AlinaLee GOLD
Hogansburg, New York
AlinaLee GOLD, Hogansburg, New York
15 articles 0 photos 14 comments
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By Brinagrace SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin
Brinagrace SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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ramblingwriter_7 GOLD, Dublin, Ohio
15 articles 10 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I've realized now that our world doesn't define us, we define our world."

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By Anonymous
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--notte_stellata-- SILVER, San Jose, California
8 articles 3 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you cannot do it, practice until you can do it. If you can do it, then practice till you can do it perfectly. If you can do it perfectly, then practice until you can do it perfectly every time.&quot;<br /> - Yuzuru Hanyu