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As they were carting him off on a gurney, all I could think was, I wish that was me.
Julie Anne Peters
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Julie Anne Peters
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 16
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Jamestown
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It was her way of saying, You should kill yourself.
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Take it as a token. Because tomorrow when I go, I want you to believe friends are possible.
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I hated him. I hated them all. They made me hate myself even more than I already did.
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Like anyone cared where I was, or who I was.
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This is my vision-what I imagine I'll pass through on my way to the light. The blue sky, the clouds, the rays of light.
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That same piercing screech in her voice every time at the hospital. Do something! When I slit my wrists. Help her! The last time too. Somebody help her. Help us! You're helpless, both of you. All of us.
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I think about my choice. Either outcome is bleak. If I stay and live through high school, go to college, get a job, what will ever change? This blackness inside will never go away. I don't make friends I'll always be alone. If I go, at least there's hope of peace. Chance of a new and better life on the other side.
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That earns him a smack with my book bag. Ow. He clutches his arm. What do you have in there? Books? A grin snakes across his face. I like my women feisty. He adds, I like my broken.
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...When I asked [my dad why the sky was blue] he said it was because God's a boy. If God were a girl, the sky would be pink. 'What about sunrise and sunset?' I'd asked. Dad had looked dumbfounded. 'You kids. You think too much.' It frightened me how shallow the gene pool was that Liam and I were wading in.
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I don't have alot of people to talk to. Not alot of people are worth my time.
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I don't have to answer. Until you know the question.
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