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The Year My Lungs Stopped Letting Life In

Heartbreak, allergies, and the grief trapped inside my lungs that no one could see.

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The First Breath That Wouldn’t Land

I sat on the floor of a stranger’s guest room in New Orleans, clutching my chest.

The cough wouldn’t stop.

It felt like something foreign had lodge…

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