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Early summer is a weird time for me. I feel like I’m floating through time and space in way I can’t describe. I don’t know how to feel, but I do know that the feelings I have are too big and enigmatic to be put into words or even pictures. I’m still trying, though.”—Lucia S.
I felt a little muddled in my identity. Read More »