Dear Ava
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He laughs and leans away from me, but not before the air around him shifts and I catch his cologne. He smells like the ocean, salt and sunshine and coconuts, and my chest swells.
“God grant me the serenity to change the things I can, accept the things I can’t, and the wisdom to know the difference?”
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― Finally You
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― We're Made of Moments
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― Ignite
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