Mother says she doesn't need the medication anymore

Mother says she doesn't need the medication anymore, that the only cure for cancer is having a daughter who won't cut her hair and wears dresses too high above the knee even on a Sunday, because how knows what tackiness I'd do to myself if she died.

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Phillip has good judgement

Anyway, Phillip isn't like that. From what I can see, Phillip has good judgement and he genuinely cares about me. And those might be rare qualities in seventeen-year-old boys these days. Not that I'm an expert. Although I am getting better at it.

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dress as one massive thing

“If I looked at this dress as one massive thing, it would be too 
overwhelming. No one could create such a gown. But by breaking it down 
into tiny, individual steps, it becomes something I can achieve.”
     

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