• They Thought the System Would Break Me—It Built Me

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    I didn’t grow up with stability.I grew up in the system. For a long time, that felt like a label I couldn’t escape. Like no matter how hard I tried, people would always see where I came from instead of where I was going. Moving from place to place, adjusting to new environments, learning how…

  • Hello World!

    I Learned How to Leave Before I Learned How to Stay Nobody really talks about what growing up in the system does to you. Not just where you live—but how you think.How you feel.How you move through life. For me, one of the biggest things it taught me was how to leave. Not always physically.…