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By Bella-Faye GOLD
Oxford, Massachusetts

Genie sat staring at the hospital wall fuming angrily as her grandmother cried and screamed with hysterics. “Hold him!” She yelled “Hold my baby boy!. He Doesn...
Bella-Faye GOLD, Oxford, Massachusetts
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&ldquo;There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout:<br /> This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me... or leave me. Accept me - or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don&#039;t fit your idea of who I should be and don&#039;t try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision.<br /> When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad - you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you.&rdquo;


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By Samaiya SILVER
Medellin, Other
Samaiya SILVER, Medellin, Other
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