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I think the people who go through more can end up stronger in the long run. They have insight in to what a lot of people don’t have and a better understanding—they can be more open-minded. - Ella's mother

Jessica Sorensen

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Jessica Sorensen
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 2
Novelist
Thinking
Open
People
Understanding
Running
Mother
Ends
Ella
Better
Minded
Long
Insight
Think
Stronger

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Always ask for the truth. Just make sure the time is right.
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I fall down and my palms split open against the gravel. Injuries on the outside are easy to endure and I get up without hesitation.
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He tastes like mint and need, as he overpowers me with his tongue.
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Okay, I'm going to be completely honest here. I take a deep breath, because what I'm about to say is very real and more honest than I've ever been. I don't want to be awayfrom you for that long.
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You don’t forget. You just move past it. Let go. Be who you were supposed to be instead of who they make you feel like you should be
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I love you, Ella May and nothing will ever change that. You can push me away -run away – and I will still love you.
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Even though I knew she wasn't going to jump, seeing her standing on the ledge made me realize that I want and need her in my life forever. She challenges me, pushes me, and pisses me off, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
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I've never felt like this before, with anyone. It's against the rules of surviving.
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I walk out the door with a heavy feeling in my heart as another secret falls on top of it.
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It's because you aren't thinking very clearly tonight. I know. Being Drunk is weird. Oh my god. I love you so much. Especially when you say stuff like that. Like what? Nothing. Never mind. Although I'm dying to know why your shoe is green.
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You really need stitches, she tells me.Or you're going to have a scar. I try not to laugh. Stitches aren't going to help. They fix skin, cuts, wounds, heal stuff on the outside. Everything broken with me is on the inside. I can handle scars, especially one's on the outside.
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I’m pretty certain my worthless heart shatters inside my chest, and she steals one of the pieces. If it didn’t already belong to someone else I probably would have handed her all the pieces right then and there.
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Actually I'm taking her for a ride, I say slyly, inching my hand up the back of Ella's leg and she slaps the back of my head playfully. I'm taking you for a ride in my car. And you think I'm the pervert.
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I cling to him like he's what keeps me thriving. Because he is.
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Stay here, baby he whispers, like he can read my thoughts. Trust me, okay? Don't run
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No, but I've never been one for wise ideas, he says. I believe in irrational, fleeting decisions that keep life interesting. And life needs to be interesting because we've got only one of them to live.
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But sometimes stuff happens and we find ourselves lost, and suddenly we're standing in a place we don't recognize and can't remember walking-or falling-there, and we're unsure how to get back or if we even want to.
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People are running to and from class and I just want to yell, Slow down and wait for the world to catch up!
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That’s you. Callie, you’re the only person that’s ever made me feel happy about anything. That night you saved me, you changed something in me—you made me want to live.
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