Fiercely loyal, funny, easy-going. I’m sure my daughter and stepdaughters wouldn’t agree with the last bit, but I think I am.
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Sensitive, kind, silly.
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View profile →Thinking about all the children that are affected by all the wars that are going on right now.
Having regrets.
I can be a people-pleaser, to the detriment of my own needs sometimes.
Cruelty to animals or children.
Nothing’s guaranteed and things change in an instant, and to get used to that and stay in the moment.
It happened when I was younger, somewhere outside London. We were on bikes, and this older girl pulled up and said something racist that I won’t repeat. I will never forget that, because it was the first time, and I was like, “Oh, I am feeling different from everyone around me right now”.
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