I shimmied in blue dresses covered in tassels, I glided around my childhood bedroom in purple sequins, I danced in shades of leopard print I once hadn’t been seen without and, as I did so, I wrapped my arms around my body and allowed the tears to fall.
One writer reflects on how they found salvation in the darkest of times in the most unexpected of places – their wardrobe.
As the pregnancy test cast its verdict, the plunge in my stomach felt akin to somebody grabbing hold of my organs and squeezing, contorting and tugging them. I felt sick, scared, shaken; the prospects I’d laid down for my future were like lily pads on a pond, floating further and further into the dimness.
had crystal blue eyes that were surrounded by a constellation of shallow lines; in her, I saw hope, I saw a way out.“Even if this was my last chance, that was a risk I was willing to take” Why I had an abortion at 35
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