Chasing Sunlight

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our belongings were put into a few boxes and sh

n of it. Mom said after the divorce she needed to get away, and she loved the thought of bei

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an get any girl you want." I rolled my eyes at her pep talk and

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is a 'blue day' or a 'gold day,' each day you have different classes, so I think they were j

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nd is only here at home on rare occasions, and even if he is here, it's o

in a million chance and I would only be met with disappointment and frustration after years of hard work and cons

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a smile on my face and a skip in my ste

he knows how people can be. I just shake my head because

ey can be since they aren't home most of the time. I'm not too sur

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dy and eager to have the spotlight shone on me. I just love losing myself in the p

because they love my voice, or asking me to play out a part in a scene from some movie with them. We have fun t