If it scares you, do it.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Always sleep on any decision.
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You always have to believe in your principles and take the route that is fair, even if it is tougher.
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Stay out of other people’s business.
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So many different types. When I first met my husband, electric and vital. When I first held my boys in my arms, an overwhelming flood of defiant protection and magic.
Kind, loyal and (slightly) mad.
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