I’m a marriage and Family Therapist and I also teach classes in Human
I also teach classes in Human
I also teach classes in Human Development and Family Studies here at
Development and Family Studies here at
Development and Family Studies here at URI one of the coolest parts about both
URI one of the coolest parts about both
URI one of the coolest parts about both of my jobs is that I get to hear a lot
of my jobs is that I get to hear a lot
of my jobs is that I get to hear a lot of family stories family stories have
of family stories family stories have
of family stories family stories have always intrigued me even when I was a
always intrigued me even when I was a
always intrigued me even when I was a little kid because not only do they
little kid because not only do they
little kid because not only do they connect us to our past into previous
connect us to our past into previous
connect us to our past into previous generations they also anchor us in the
generations they also anchor us in the
generations they also anchor us in the present and they even have the power to
present and they even have the power to
present and they even have the power to shape our futures sometimes family
shape our futures sometimes family
shape our futures sometimes family stories are warm and uplifting and
stories are warm and uplifting and
stories are warm and uplifting and sometimes they can be painful and kind
sometimes they can be painful and kind
sometimes they can be painful and kind of heartbreaking as a therapist I’m
of heartbreaking as a therapist I’m
of heartbreaking as a therapist I’m always curious about how we perceive our
always curious about how we perceive our
always curious about how we perceive our family stories because if we perceive
family stories because if we perceive
family stories because if we perceive our family stories to be painful or
our family stories to be painful or
our family stories to be painful or shameful or something to be avoided
shameful or something to be avoided
shameful or something to be avoided altogether then it’s a burden that we
altogether then it’s a burden that we
altogether then it’s a burden that we can take with us our whole lives it can
can take with us our whole lives it can
can take with us our whole lives it can even affect our current relationships I
even affect our current relationships I
even affect our current relationships I was teaching this very concept to a
was teaching this very concept to a
was teaching this very concept to a group of my students a couple of years
group of my students a couple of years
group of my students a couple of years ago and to illustrate my point I shared
ago and to illustrate my point I shared
ago and to illustrate my point I shared one of my own family stories and when I
one of my own family stories and when I
one of my own family stories and when I finished my students were like Liz you
finished my students were like Liz you
finished my students were like Liz you have to do a TED talk about this which I
have to do a TED talk about this which I
have to do a TED talk about this which I was like no no I don’t but of course you
was like no no I don’t but of course you
was like no no I don’t but of course you know really it works a couple of weeks
know really it works a couple of weeks
know really it works a couple of weeks ago one of my students from that very
ago one of my students from that very
ago one of my students from that very class emailed me and she said TEDx is
class emailed me and she said TEDx is
class emailed me and she said TEDx is coming and I really think you should do
coming and I really think you should do
coming and I really think you should do it and I felt so honored that she even
it and I felt so honored that she even
it and I felt so honored that she even remembered me at all but I thought well
remembered me at all but I thought well
remembered me at all but I thought well maybe this is a little bit valuable
maybe this is a little bit valuable
maybe this is a little bit valuable because we can all learn lessons from
because we can all learn lessons from
because we can all learn lessons from family stories even when they aren’t our
family stories even when they aren’t our
family stories even when they aren’t our own so here goes my family story begins
own so here goes my family story begins
own so here goes my family story begins in 1981 when my parents met at a country
in 1981 when my parents met at a country
in 1981 when my parents met at a country line dancing competition
line dancing competition
line dancing competition check out these really awesome outfits
check out these really awesome outfits
check out these really awesome outfits you guys my mom swears this was in style
you guys my mom swears this was in style
you guys my mom swears this was in style I don’t believe her at all they had both
I don’t believe her at all they had both
I don’t believe her at all they had both been married and divorced and had kids
been married and divorced and had kids
been married and divorced and had kids of their own
of their own
of their own but they very quickly fell in love my
but they very quickly fell in love my
but they very quickly fell in love my father proposed to my mother on that
father proposed to my mother on that
father proposed to my mother on that exact dance floor they met they got
exact dance floor they met they got
exact dance floor they met they got married they had me and they created one
married they had me and they created one
married they had me and they created one big giant complicated but pretty happy
big giant complicated but pretty happy
big giant complicated but pretty happy blended family when I was two years old
blended family when I was two years old
blended family when I was two years old my father was diagnosed with an
my father was diagnosed with an
my father was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer
aggressive form of cancer
aggressive form of cancer and it very quickly took his life so he
and it very quickly took his life so he
and it very quickly took his life so he was gone before I really got the chance
was gone before I really got the chance
was gone before I really got the chance to know him and as I was growing up I
to know him and as I was growing up I
to know him and as I was growing up I was always so curious about him I
was always so curious about him I
was always so curious about him I naturally wanted to hear stories and so
naturally wanted to hear stories and so
naturally wanted to hear stories and so my family gave me stories they told me
my family gave me stories they told me
my family gave me stories they told me stories about how he was a war hero
stories about how he was a war hero
stories about how he was a war hero and how he was a police officer and a
and how he was a police officer and a
and how he was a police officer and a pillar of our community they told me how
pillar of our community they told me how
pillar of our community they told me how he valued education he went back to
he valued education he went back to
he valued education he went back to school as a much older adult learner
school as a much older adult learner
school as a much older adult learner which I always think is like the coolest
which I always think is like the coolest
which I always think is like the coolest thing and he even built our house with
thing and he even built our house with
thing and he even built our house with his own two hands and like who does that
his own two hands and like who does that
his own two hands and like who does that you know but my favorite stories were
you know but my favorite stories were
you know but my favorite stories were always about his personality they told
always about his personality they told
always about his personality they told me about how he was really funny he’s to
me about how he was really funny he’s to
me about how he was really funny he’s to play pranks on us how he was really warm
play pranks on us how he was really warm
play pranks on us how he was really warm and loving and kind and how he was able
and loving and kind and how he was able
and loving and kind and how he was able to kind of when he walked into a room he
to kind of when he walked into a room he
to kind of when he walked into a room he was able to make everybody in that room
was able to make everybody in that room
was able to make everybody in that room feel at ease and comfortable so my
feel at ease and comfortable so my
feel at ease and comfortable so my father became this like giant of a man
father became this like giant of a man
father became this like giant of a man in my mind somebody that I wanted to be
in my mind somebody that I wanted to be
in my mind somebody that I wanted to be just like it was total hero worship but
just like it was total hero worship but
just like it was total hero worship but even still at that young age I
even still at that young age I
even still at that young age I understood that these were borrowed
understood that these were borrowed
understood that these were borrowed stories they weren’t exactly my direct
stories they weren’t exactly my direct
stories they weren’t exactly my direct relationship for experiences with my
relationship for experiences with my
relationship for experiences with my father and that was always just a little
father and that was always just a little
father and that was always just a little bit painful for me because I understood
bit painful for me because I understood
bit painful for me because I understood that I wasn’t really connected to him
that I wasn’t really connected to him
that I wasn’t really connected to him when I was 10 years old
when I was 10 years old
when I was 10 years old I was rummaging around in our basement
I was rummaging around in our basement
I was rummaging around in our basement looking for whatever 10 year olds look
looking for whatever 10 year olds look
looking for whatever 10 year olds look for I don’t really know I came across
for I don’t really know I came across
for I don’t really know I came across this really big box and inside the box I
this really big box and inside the box I
this really big box and inside the box I found two things I found this old Warren
found two things I found this old Warren
found two things I found this old Warren leather briefcase and I found this small
leather briefcase and I found this small
leather briefcase and I found this small wooden chest inside the briefcase
wooden chest inside the briefcase
wooden chest inside the briefcase I found these beautiful love letters
I found these beautiful love letters
I found these beautiful love letters that my father wrote to my mother when
that my father wrote to my mother when
that my father wrote to my mother when he was dying because again he wasn’t
he was dying because again he wasn’t
he was dying because again he wasn’t perfect enough already
perfect enough already
perfect enough already these awards that were signed by these
these awards that were signed by these
these awards that were signed by these very important sounding government
very important sounding government
very important sounding government officials but the real treasure was
officials but the real treasure was
officials but the real treasure was inside that small wooden box when I
inside that small wooden box when I
inside that small wooden box when I opened it I found my father’s service
opened it I found my father’s service
opened it I found my father’s service medals and right away I zeroed in on one
medals and right away I zeroed in on one
medals and right away I zeroed in on one in particular and it was his Bronze Star
in particular and it was his Bronze Star
in particular and it was his Bronze Star this exact Bond star the Bronze Star was
this exact Bond star the Bronze Star was
this exact Bond star the Bronze Star was awarded for heroic service in a combat
awarded for heroic service in a combat
awarded for heroic service in a combat zone I didn’t know that when I was 10
zone I didn’t know that when I was 10
zone I didn’t know that when I was 10 but what I did know was that when I held
but what I did know was that when I held
but what I did know was that when I held the star in my
the star in my
the star in my I felt more connected to my father than
I felt more connected to my father than
I felt more connected to my father than I ever had in my entire life and I
I ever had in my entire life and I
I ever had in my entire life and I imagined that he had also held the star
imagined that he had also held the star
imagined that he had also held the star in his own hand at some point and so it
in his own hand at some point and so it
in his own hand at some point and so it connected us through time and through
connected us through time and through
connected us through time and through space so this very quickly became my
space so this very quickly became my
space so this very quickly became my most prized possession and not long
most prized possession and not long
most prized possession and not long after I found that star I had had this
after I found that star I had had this
after I found that star I had had this really bad day at school and when I got
really bad day at school and when I got
really bad day at school and when I got home I ran into my room I slammed the
home I ran into my room I slammed the
home I ran into my room I slammed the door shut I grabbed that star and then I
door shut I grabbed that star and then I
door shut I grabbed that star and then I threw myself as dramatically as possible
threw myself as dramatically as possible
threw myself as dramatically as possible in my bed 10-year olds are prone to – I
in my bed 10-year olds are prone to – I
in my bed 10-year olds are prone to – I could just kind of let the tears kind of
could just kind of let the tears kind of
could just kind of let the tears kind of come and at some point I looked down at
come and at some point I looked down at
come and at some point I looked down at that star in my hand and it prompted me
that star in my hand and it prompted me
that star in my hand and it prompted me to ask myself two things what would my
to ask myself two things what would my
to ask myself two things what would my father say and what would make my father
father say and what would make my father
father say and what would make my father proud and it helped me to feel I don’t
proud and it helped me to feel I don’t
proud and it helped me to feel I don’t know a little bit better a little bit
know a little bit better a little bit
know a little bit better a little bit calmer a little bit stronger if I’m
calmer a little bit stronger if I’m
calmer a little bit stronger if I’m being totally honest with you
being totally honest with you
being totally honest with you I felt like my dad was there with me in
I felt like my dad was there with me in
I felt like my dad was there with me in the room which was a huge source of
the room which was a huge source of
the room which was a huge source of comfort for me at that age so this
comfort for me at that age so this
comfort for me at that age so this process repeated itself like a million
process repeated itself like a million
process repeated itself like a million times as I was growing up especially as
times as I was growing up especially as
times as I was growing up especially as an angsty teen ain’t in the 90s blasting
an angsty teen ain’t in the 90s blasting
an angsty teen ain’t in the 90s blasting my Alanis Morissette I had Alanis I had
my Alanis Morissette I had Alanis I had
my Alanis Morissette I had Alanis I had that star and so they both had my back
that star and so they both had my back
that star and so they both had my back it was great but that star was there for
it was great but that star was there for
it was great but that star was there for me for everything it was there for me
me for everything it was there for me
me for everything it was there for me when I went through really dramatic
when I went through really dramatic
when I went through really dramatic breakups with boyfriends and it was
breakups with boyfriends and it was
breakups with boyfriends and it was there for me when I got into fights with
there for me when I got into fights with
there for me when I got into fights with friends or family
friends or family
friends or family it came with me to college and job
it came with me to college and job
it came with me to college and job interviews grad school and more job
interviews grad school and more job
interviews grad school and more job interviews it was always there for me
interviews it was always there for me
interviews it was always there for me when I needed a little bit more strength
when I needed a little bit more strength
when I needed a little bit more strength and comfort when I finished grad school
and comfort when I finished grad school
and comfort when I finished grad school I had wanted nothing more than to get a
I had wanted nothing more than to get a
I had wanted nothing more than to get a place of my own I’d live with college
place of my own I’d live with college
place of my own I’d live with college roommates forever you guys know how that
roommates forever you guys know how that
roommates forever you guys know how that goes right
goes right
goes right eventually you just kind of want to do
eventually you just kind of want to do
eventually you just kind of want to do the thing on your own so I got myself an
the thing on your own so I got myself an
the thing on your own so I got myself an apartment in the city and I shared it
apartment in the city and I shared it
apartment in the city and I shared it only with my dog Sierra I’m still alive
only with my dog Sierra I’m still alive
only with my dog Sierra I’m still alive and enjoying her old age today and when
and enjoying her old age today and when
and enjoying her old age today and when I got the apartment I got to decorate it
I got the apartment I got to decorate it
I got the apartment I got to decorate it the way I want it to which was awesome
the way I want it to which was awesome
the way I want it to which was awesome so I have this big bookcase and on the
so I have this big bookcase and on the
so I have this big bookcase and on the bookcase I had a shelf on that shelf I
bookcase I had a shelf on that shelf I
bookcase I had a shelf on that shelf I put my father’s pictures and his awards
put my father’s pictures and his awards
put my father’s pictures and his awards and his service medals and it just
and his service medals and it just
and his service medals and it just served this very warm focal point in my
served this very warm focal point in my
served this very warm focal point in my home I totally loved living there
home I totally loved living there
home I totally loved living there flash forward just a little bit it was
flash forward just a little bit it was
flash forward just a little bit it was Memorial Day weekend of 2011 and I had
Memorial Day weekend of 2011 and I had
Memorial Day weekend of 2011 and I had been out with some friends celebrating
been out with some friends celebrating
been out with some friends celebrating and it was getting a little bit late so
and it was getting a little bit late so
and it was getting a little bit late so I decided to pack it up and head home
I decided to pack it up and head home
I decided to pack it up and head home and when I got home I walked through the
and when I got home I walked through the
and when I got home I walked through the back door of my apartment and right away
back door of my apartment and right away
back door of my apartment and right away I knew that there was something wrong
I knew that there was something wrong
I knew that there was something wrong and it was that my dog Sierra hadn’t
and it was that my dog Sierra hadn’t
and it was that my dog Sierra hadn’t come to greet me at the back door which
come to greet me at the back door which
come to greet me at the back door which was weird so I got worried and I thought
was weird so I got worried and I thought
was weird so I got worried and I thought maybe she’s sick or maybe she got stuck
maybe she’s sick or maybe she got stuck
maybe she’s sick or maybe she got stuck in a room somewhere so I started to look
in a room somewhere so I started to look
in a room somewhere so I started to look for her and I walked into the apartment
for her and I walked into the apartment
for her and I walked into the apartment I got about halfway in and I started to
I got about halfway in and I started to
I got about halfway in and I started to notice that the place was a mess and my
notice that the place was a mess and my
notice that the place was a mess and my husband will tell you I am NOT the
husband will tell you I am NOT the
husband will tell you I am NOT the neatest person in the world he says I
neatest person in the world he says I
neatest person in the world he says I have a tendency to hoard our closets
have a tendency to hoard our closets
have a tendency to hoard our closets with clothes and shoes and knickknacks I
with clothes and shoes and knickknacks I
with clothes and shoes and knickknacks I say that’s what closets are for but he
say that’s what closets are for but he
say that’s what closets are for but he doesn’t believe me but this looked like
doesn’t believe me but this looked like
doesn’t believe me but this looked like a closet had been dumped on my living
a closet had been dumped on my living
a closet had been dumped on my living room floor there were clothes everywhere
room floor there were clothes everywhere
room floor there were clothes everywhere papers furniture was askew and I stood
papers furniture was askew and I stood
papers furniture was askew and I stood there looking at it for a second kind of
there looking at it for a second kind of
there looking at it for a second kind of puzzled thinking like my dog do this
puzzled thinking like my dog do this
puzzled thinking like my dog do this that’s impressive I don’t know how she
that’s impressive I don’t know how she
that’s impressive I don’t know how she did that until I realized that I had
did that until I realized that I had
did that until I realized that I had been robbed and then the hair on the
been robbed and then the hair on the
been robbed and then the hair on the back of my neck just stood up because I
back of my neck just stood up because I
back of my neck just stood up because I knew I wasn’t alone in that apartment
knew I wasn’t alone in that apartment
knew I wasn’t alone in that apartment and I wasn’t but thankfully almost
and I wasn’t but thankfully almost
and I wasn’t but thankfully almost immediately after I had that thought I
immediately after I had that thought I
immediately after I had that thought I heard the front door slam shut and I
heard the front door slam shut and I
heard the front door slam shut and I realized whoever had just been in there
realized whoever had just been in there
realized whoever had just been in there with me
with me
with me I just left but I still stood there for
I just left but I still stood there for
I just left but I still stood there for a moment totally frozen because that’s
a moment totally frozen because that’s
a moment totally frozen because that’s what you do when you’re in this
what you do when you’re in this
what you do when you’re in this traumatic scary situation right so I
traumatic scary situation right so I
traumatic scary situation right so I stood there until I heard the sound off
stood there until I heard the sound off
stood there until I heard the sound off to my right and I looked down and it was
to my right and I looked down and it was
to my right and I looked down and it was Sierra and she was underneath the table
Sierra and she was underneath the table
Sierra and she was underneath the table and she was shaking she was really
and she was shaking she was really
and she was shaking she was really scared and I kind of knocked me out of
scared and I kind of knocked me out of
scared and I kind of knocked me out of it so I knelt down I scooped her up with
it so I knelt down I scooped her up with
it so I knelt down I scooped her up with one arm and I pulled my cellphone out of
one arm and I pulled my cellphone out of
one arm and I pulled my cellphone out of my back pocket and I called the police
my back pocket and I called the police
my back pocket and I called the police when I hung up with the police I was
when I hung up with the police I was
when I hung up with the police I was still kneeling on the floor and I
still kneeling on the floor and I
still kneeling on the floor and I happened to be in front of my bookcase
happened to be in front of my bookcase
happened to be in front of my bookcase and I can remember vividly looking up
and I can remember vividly looking up
and I can remember vividly looking up and my heart just collapsed and my
and my heart just collapsed and my
and my heart just collapsed and my stomach kind of dropped
stomach kind of dropped
stomach kind of dropped because all of my father’s service
because all of my father’s service
because all of my father’s service medals including the Bronze Star were
medals including the Bronze Star were
medals including the Bronze Star were gone they were stolen in the days that
gone they were stolen in the days that
gone they were stolen in the days that followed I searched pawn shops and
followed I searched pawn shops and
followed I searched pawn shops and craigslist ads to no avail and I started
craigslist ads to no avail and I started
craigslist ads to no avail and I started to understand that I was probably never
to understand that I was probably never
to understand that I was probably never going to see that bronze star again and
going to see that bronze star again and
going to see that bronze star again and I was truly truly devastated by that I
understood that that star was so much of
understood that that star was so much of my development it was the only
my development it was the only
my development it was the only connection I had to my father so I was
connection I had to my father so I was
connection I had to my father so I was completely heartbroken one night I found
completely heartbroken one night I found
completely heartbroken one night I found myself sitting in my bed tears of my
myself sitting in my bed tears of my
myself sitting in my bed tears of my eyes not very much I’m like I had done
eyes not very much I’m like I had done
eyes not very much I’m like I had done all those years ago was a little kid
all those years ago was a little kid
all those years ago was a little kid except this time I didn’t have the
except this time I didn’t have the
except this time I didn’t have the Bronze Star in my hand but even still
Bronze Star in my hand but even still
Bronze Star in my hand but even still some of those familiar thoughts began to
some of those familiar thoughts began to
some of those familiar thoughts began to creep in thoughts like what would my
creep in thoughts like what would my
creep in thoughts like what would my father say and what would make my father
father say and what would make my father
father say and what would make my father proud which led me to thinking a little
proud which led me to thinking a little
proud which led me to thinking a little bit more critically about the star what
bit more critically about the star what
bit more critically about the star what did it really mean what did it really
did it really mean what did it really
did it really mean what did it really represent and I came up with these two
represent and I came up with these two
represent and I came up with these two overarching and kind of overlapping
overarching and kind of overlapping
overarching and kind of overlapping categories on the one hand the star
categories on the one hand the star
categories on the one hand the star directly represented my father who he
directly represented my father who he
directly represented my father who he was as a man how he lived his life how
was as a man how he lived his life how
was as a man how he lived his life how he loved and laughed so easily and on
he loved and laughed so easily and on
he loved and laughed so easily and on the other hand I represented these more
the other hand I represented these more
the other hand I represented these more intangible values things like integrity
intangible values things like integrity
intangible values things like integrity and strength kindness and compassion and
and strength kindness and compassion and
and strength kindness and compassion and the grit it takes to make it in this
the grit it takes to make it in this
the grit it takes to make it in this increasingly fierce worlds and then I
increasingly fierce worlds and then I
increasingly fierce worlds and then I kind of thought you know my father is
kind of thought you know my father is
kind of thought you know my father is legacy it’s not bound to that star but
legacy it’s not bound to that star but
legacy it’s not bound to that star but rather it’s bound to me and I know that
rather it’s bound to me and I know that
rather it’s bound to me and I know that it’s bound to me because I can see it
it’s bound to me because I can see it
it’s bound to me because I can see it every day I can see it in small acts of
every day I can see it in small acts of
every day I can see it in small acts of kindness I might do I can see it in the
kindness I might do I can see it in the
kindness I might do I can see it in the way I care incredibly deeply for my
way I care incredibly deeply for my
way I care incredibly deeply for my students my clients I can see it in the
students my clients I can see it in the
students my clients I can see it in the way I value teaching and learning
way I value teaching and learning
way I value teaching and learning definitely there when I laugh with my
definitely there when I laugh with my
definitely there when I laugh with my husband my friends my family and it is
husband my friends my family and it is
husband my friends my family and it is most
most
most certainly there when I feel that
certainly there when I feel that
certainly there when I feel that profound parental love when I hold my
profound parental love when I hold my
profound parental love when I hold my daughter these are the spaces where my
daughter these are the spaces where my
daughter these are the spaces where my father really lives so what really
father really lives so what really
father really lives so what really connects us through time and through
connects us through time and through
connects us through time and through space are our shared values the way we
space are our shared values the way we
space are our shared values the way we want to make the world a little bit
want to make the world a little bit
want to make the world a little bit better of a place so I found myself
better of a place so I found myself
better of a place so I found myself feeling surprisingly detached from the
feeling surprisingly detached from the
feeling surprisingly detached from the star because I realized that I didn’t
star because I realized that I didn’t
star because I realized that I didn’t need it in my possession to be my
need it in my possession to be my
need it in my possession to be my father’s daughter what an amazing gift
father’s daughter what an amazing gift
father’s daughter what an amazing gift that is to feel that kind of connection
that is to feel that kind of connection
that is to feel that kind of connection because of that profound loss so as I
because of that profound loss so as I
because of that profound loss so as I stand here I ask all of you to consider
stand here I ask all of you to consider
stand here I ask all of you to consider your own family stories especially the
your own family stories especially the
your own family stories especially the ones that are painful
ones that are painful
ones that are painful or maybe that you’ve been avoiding and
or maybe that you’ve been avoiding and
or maybe that you’ve been avoiding and you need to shift your perspective of
you need to shift your perspective of
you need to shift your perspective of those family stories to see yourself to
those family stories to see yourself to
those family stories to see yourself to someone who has survived and thrived no
someone who has survived and thrived no
someone who has survived and thrived no matter what this life has thrown at you
matter what this life has thrown at you
matter what this life has thrown at you the narrative theorist Michael White and
the narrative theorist Michael White and
the narrative theorist Michael White and David Epstein said that through the art
David Epstein said that through the art
David Epstein said that through the art of storytelling we can create new
of storytelling we can create new
of storytelling we can create new meaning in our lives and I couldn’t
meaning in our lives and I couldn’t
meaning in our lives and I couldn’t agree more with that so once you’re able
agree more with that so once you’re able
agree more with that so once you’re able to shift that perspective to see
to shift that perspective to see
to shift that perspective to see yourself as the survivor then share your
yourself as the survivor then share your
yourself as the survivor then share your story maybe not with a live TEDx
story maybe not with a live TEDx
story maybe not with a live TEDx audience as I’ve so chosen to do don’t
audience as I’ve so chosen to do don’t
audience as I’ve so chosen to do don’t we’ll make you do that but with somebody
we’ll make you do that but with somebody
we’ll make you do that but with somebody that you know and trust maybe a friend a
that you know and trust maybe a friend a
that you know and trust maybe a friend a family member a therapist your dog
family member a therapist your dog
family member a therapist your dog I don’t care whoever really but this
I don’t care whoever really but this
I don’t care whoever really but this time recast yourself as the hero of your
time recast yourself as the hero of your
time recast yourself as the hero of your own story as someone that’s learned
own story as someone that’s learned
own story as someone that’s learned valuable lessons and grown despite your
valuable lessons and grown despite your
valuable lessons and grown despite your experiences because if you’re able to do
experiences because if you’re able to do
experiences because if you’re able to do that you’re going to live a much
that you’re going to live a much
that you’re going to live a much healthier and happier life with a much
healthier and happier life with a much
healthier and happier life with a much much brighter future ahead thank you
much brighter future ahead thank you
much brighter future ahead thank you you
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