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#12951voted by our readers
By SamaraJaneyR BRONZE
Normal, Illinois

“You’re FAT. UGLY. WORTHLESS. You don’t deserve food. You deserve to die.” I remember the first time I believed these things. I was ten years old. My adoptive father, whom I ca...
SamaraJaneyR BRONZE, Normal, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.&quot;<br /> -Socrates


#12952 Nonfiction
By TaneikaW. SILVER
Joliet, Illinois
TaneikaW. SILVER, Joliet, Illinois
6 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The sky is the limit. Just REACH for it!!&quot; :)

#12953 Nonfiction
simpleandtrue PLATINUM, Moraga, California
28 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
\&#039;let the life that you live dictate who you are, not Facebook.\&#039;

#12954 Nonfiction
greenpinstripes_erinn SILVER, Fairfield, Connecticut
5 articles 2 photos 7 comments
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#12956 Nonfiction
By Anonymous
#12957 Nonfiction
bookworm266 GOLD, Urbana, Indiana
10 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I came, I saw, I conqued.&quot;

#12958 Nonfiction
By mellow_melon PLATINUM
Jefferson, Maryland
mellow_melon PLATINUM, Jefferson, Maryland
41 articles 14 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but my the number of moments that take our breath away.&quot;

#12959 Nonfiction
By nazevedo BRONZE
La Jolla, California
nazevedo BRONZE, La Jolla, California
4 articles 33 photos 1 comment
#12960 Nonfiction
By livewisco GOLD
Sussex, Wisconsin
livewisco GOLD, Sussex, Wisconsin
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments