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By Bella-Faye GOLD
Oxford, Massachusetts

Genie sat staring at the hospital wall fuming angrily as her grandmother cried and screamed with hysterics. “Hold him!” She yelled “Hold my baby boy!. He Doesn...
Bella-Faye GOLD, Oxford, Massachusetts
11 articles 7 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout:<br /> This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me... or leave me. Accept me - or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don&#039;t fit your idea of who I should be and don&#039;t try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision.<br /> When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad - you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you.&rdquo;


#17832 Hot Topics
By liseylamb GOLD
Issaquah, Washington
liseylamb GOLD, Issaquah, Washington
13 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.&quot; -- E.E. Cummings

#17833 Hot Topics
By Anonymous
#17834 Hot Topics
By MERS-CoV SILVER
Porter Ranch, California
MERS-CoV SILVER, Porter Ranch, California
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#17835 Hot Topics
By wespired GOLD
Circle Pines, Minnesota
wespired GOLD, Circle Pines, Minnesota
10 articles 0 photos 28 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;God has given me the ability, the rest is up to me, believe... believe... believe.&quot; -- Billy Mills (Ox Lake 2008)

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#17837 Hot Topics
By empets SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin
empets SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#17838 Hot Topics
By Juliee BRONZE
Boston, Massachusetts
Juliee BRONZE, Boston, Massachusetts
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#17839 Hot Topics
By Anonymous
#17840 Hot Topics
asdfghjklfancat SILVER, Forsyth, Georgia
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Nothing is impossible, the word itself says &#039;I&#039;m possible&#039;!&quot; -Audrey Hepburn