growing up — Musings

Small Fires

Coming-of-age is hindsight, in truth. By the time you realize it’s happening, you’ve already been irrevocably changed.

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Was The Therapist I Needed as a Child

I found more solace and understanding in the pages of these books than I did looking up at people who didn’t always get me, or want to deal with me — understandably.

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