"Maybe pain is the bridge that leads you to realize how much strength you possess."
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~ Elizabeth ~
I don't remember how I ended up here. One minute, I was lost in my thoughts, and the next, I was standing in front of my parents' house, unsure whether to go in or turn away.
In what felt like an instant, everything had been upended, and I couldn't shake the feeling that maybe I didn't belong here anymore. But... do I?
"Beth?" The door creaked open before I could gather the courage to knock. There stood my mom, her eyes swollen from crying.
"Mom..." Before either of us knew what was happening, I found myself enveloped in her arms. And then, the tears came-mine and hers-mingling together as she held me tight.
After a long while, she whispered, "Let's go inside." I nodded, and we slow
