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Strong Heroine
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Iris didn't have the perfume, but she had something more powerful: self-knowledge. She knew she had the strength and the courage to face the ugliest parts of her lived experience. That trauma was a part of her, but not the defining note. She would not disconnect from the body or the world that had once hurt her. She couldn't heal without connection, first to herself and her body--- that was her first home. She would trust herself first, and then others. Her gut instinct, her heart's desires, her
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― Full Bloom
― Full Bloom
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Another tug and a yank at my chestnut curls and she snarls at me, “You are so much like her.”
This is something my mother often says and never explains. Though it is a great mystery to me it is also a blessing, for she always hurries from the room after saying it.
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― The BlueStocking Girl
― The BlueStocking Girl
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