Something very personal. To prove myself, to keep going and believe in myself. It's not just a trophy for me. It's all that I did to arrive there. It's the most beautiful present that I could receive.


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Dirk, this is Peace, Granola, Crystal, Chi, Aura, Tahini, and the twins, Yin and Yang," Duck said. FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK No one noticed Witch Baby as she went back inside the cottage, into the room she and Cherokee shared...
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So Witch Baby played. Tossing her head, sucking in her cheeks and popping up with the impact of each...
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Under the twinkling trees was a table covered with Guatemalan fabric, roses in juice jars, wax rose ...
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He might be faithless but I believe in him.
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What sexual preference do you hope she has?” “Happiness.” Isnt that cool?
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You always fed strays and bent down to talk to the dogs you met on the street, looking straight into...
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