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learned to live in layers long before I understood the cost: my inner life, where I could be honest with myself; then the world I constructed, where I performed for love and approval; and then there was the messy, unscripted world I lived
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“What I could not see then was that this life required a version of me who never rested, never needed, and never asked to be held. Maintaining it meant managing my tone, my emotions, my needs, my desires. Being useful instead of being known. I was loved for what I carried, not for who I was.”
― Honest: A Memoir of What I Built, What I Lost, and Who I Became
― Honest: A Memoir of What I Built, What I Lost, and Who I Became
“On the inside, I took many steps back and withdrew emotionally into the abyss of my soul. It was not safe for me to relax.”
― Honest: A Memoir of What I Built, What I Lost, and Who I Became
― Honest: A Memoir of What I Built, What I Lost, and Who I Became
Bee’s Cousin’s Book Club
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— last activity Mar 02, 2025 02:53PM
2026 - Aug: Single Black Female - Sep: The Book of Two Ways - Oct to Dec (book club break) See you in 2027!
Charell’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Charell’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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557 books
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313 books
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991 books
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120 books
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