You've faced horrors in these past weeks... I don't know which is worse. The terror you feel the first time you witness such things, or the numbness that comes after it starts to become ordinary.
When things don't go the way you want them to, sometimes instead of feeling disappointment or heartache, you just become numb.
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When things don't go the way you want them to, sometimes instead of feeling disappointment or heartache, you just become numb.
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