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It gets better

the minutes count
and it gets better

the hours add up
and it gets better

the days start to stack
and it gets better

the sun starts to rise
and it gets better

the chest becomes lighter
and it gets better

it always gets worse before
it gets better

but you open your eyes
stand a little taller
and it gets better

A sign 

If you’re looking for a sign. For something to appear in your path. For a sign with sparkly lights saying Hey. Look at me. This is it. 

This is your sign. 

Winfrey and I are here. There’s an entire community here for you. So hold you head high. Take a step forward. It’s just one day, one step, at a time.  

This is your sign. 

Stand tall. 

A note to our followers

It’s important to put yourself first. Take time for you. It’s easy to compare what you’re going through to others around you. To make yourself believe that you have no right to feel the way you do. 

But Winfrey and I have a secret. Everyone fights their own battle. And for them, their battle is the hardest thing in your life. Your problem is important, and you deserve so much more.

So no matter what you’re going through, know that we’re here for you. Stand tall. 

Nadia 

It’s not the words

It’s not the words that hurt
It’s the words they don’t say
It’s when I want more than anything
to just be included,
but you won’t ask,
you won’t talk to me.

I lurk in the background hoping
something will notice me,
call me forward, invite me along.
But my corner gets darker and they walk further away and
I run along behind, hoping they’ll slow down. But now they’re
so far in the distance that I can’t catch up.
And I”m left behind.
I look back and I see another group.
I wave and walk over, hoping
someone will talk to me.
For a little, they open up their circle
I step next to them.
But then something funny happens and
they push closer and closer together
until the circle becomes so small
that I can’t find my spot anymore
and I”m left standing on the outside.