Never forget: How far you have come. Everything you have gotten through. All the times you have pushed on even when you felt as if you could not. All the mornings you got out of bed, no matter how hard it was. All the times you wanted to give up, but you got through another day. NEVER forget how much strength you have learned and developed.
- Starlet

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