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By Anonymous

My baby cousin is crying while the rest of us run away from our moms in our favorite dress-up clothes. The scene is complete chaos. I’m holding a sign that I can’t yet read, posing...

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13akellermeier GOLD, Bowling Green, Ohio
12 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
"life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get."

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By bjmcrank GOLD
Dayton, Ohio
bjmcrank GOLD, Dayton, Ohio
11 articles 10 photos 14 comments
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By saltskin SILVER
Fairbanks, Alaska
saltskin SILVER, Fairbanks, Alaska
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely

12ipark BRONZE,
4 articles 3 photos 1 comment
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By Anonymous
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xRawrIsMex SILVER, Bemidji, Minnesota
5 articles 3 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
When Two Hearts Race, Both Win.<br /> ... And I&#039;m seeing more clearly through the fog that there is life after a broken heart.

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By Jessi-ca SILVER
Arvada, Colorado
Jessi-ca SILVER, Arvada, Colorado
7 articles 1 photo 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
It would be easy to say that the pants changed everything that summer. But looking back now I feel like our lives changed because they had to, and that the real magic of the pants was in bearing witness to all of this and in somehow holding us to get.

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By MhsAnonymous SILVER
Morristown, New Jersey
MhsAnonymous SILVER, Morristown, New Jersey
7 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is like a dream. Its perfect until you wake up into reality.

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By Becca987 BRONZE
San Diego, California
Becca987 BRONZE, San Diego, California
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments