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We're boxed in and labeled before we're ever able to speak who we believe we are or who we dream we'll become.

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Andrea Gibson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 13
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Andrew Gibson
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You panic button collector. You clock of beautiful ticks. You run out the door if you need to. You flock to the front row of your own class. You feather everything until you know you can always, always shake like a leaf on my family tree and know you belong here. You belong here and everything you feel is okay. Everything you feel is okay.
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Hey, are you a boy or a — never mind, can I have a push on the swing?” And some day, y’all, when we grow up, it’s all gonna be that simple.
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