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Nice and Pretty

Lara O.
Virginia

As a military teen, we are too often expected to bury the pain of leaving friends behind and adjusting to a new environment. “You’re used to this.” “You’re too old to cry.” But underneath the pretty facade, there is a cracked and bruised heart that mourns for all the people we left behind.

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