Once Upon A Time…

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I was unlovable.

Nothing good ever happened to me.

No one in my family liked me.

I was plain.

I could never get Life right.

I was lonely. All. The. Time.

I was scared. All. The. Time.

I was lost.

I didn’t know who I was.

The Most Important Person In My World Died.

No one understood me.

I was a freak.

I had the wrong clothes, the wrong words, the wrong hair, the wrong everything.

I was bullied.

I had a chronic illness.

I had anxiety so severe, at times I could not function.

I almost died.

I had a very sick kid.

I had a failed marriage.

I couldn’t make a romantic relationship last more than a few months.

I lost friends. Lots and lots of friends.

Those are only some of the stories I could tell myself. If I cared to. But I don’t. Our Lives are a clean page. A new chance to write ‘Once upon a time…” with every single breath. We don’t even have to wait for tomorrow — we can start with the very next breath.