Mikayla’s Reviews > Great Big Beautiful Life > Status Update

I welcome her to this great big beautiful life.
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SWEET

I find myself thinking that maybe every bit of heartbreak in life can be rearranged and used for something beautiful. That it doesn't really matter whether I chose this path or I was born onto it, so long as I stop and appreciate the path itself.
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Aww

Half him. Half me. Entirely her own.
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I love this view on children.🥹

I’m not angry with him, but I’m *angry*, and it’s seeping into everything else, poisoning it.
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I like this, it puts things into perspective. Anger isn’t just justice, it destroys. Especially if taken too far.

Lawrence's guilt over failing the people he loved, and Gerald's anger over the love that always remained out of his reach, and Freddy's fear of not being enough for the ones who mattered most.
The terror of what happens if you ask for something someone’s not able to give you.
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“The Story”’s takeaway in a nutshell.

* Nicollet: The person you'd do anything for. The only one who could make you give it all up.*
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Ooooooo

💋

Margaret, “When you don’t have the people who love you around, reminding you of who you are, that story feels bigger and realer than anything else. You lose yourself inside the character with your name and face.”
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:(

So JODY is Margaret’s niece

The love of strangers was mercurial. You did nothing to earn it and so could do nothing to prevent it from vanishing, or sourcing it into hatred.
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Can happen too I bet with people who “think” they know you. Friends, relatives, partners, etc