When It Rains... Let It - Number 6
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When you are raised in chaos and have no safety net, you develop tools to survive. One of the tools I used was to attempt to control as much as I could to minimize the damage. Controlling my feelings was especially important and I excelled at it. This number on the list was about unlearning the very thing that had helped me survive for 50 years. This is number 6 on the list... When It Rains, Let It.
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