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"Through the course of our lives, every one of us experiences near-death moments. I had mine when I was a little over ten."

Irene Ibiwari-Ikiriko
May 31, 2019
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"The girl is no longer my problem."
"The girl is no longer my problem."

Psychologists say that there are five stages of grief. I am on the third – bargaining; a life for a life. I have heard people say that if you hold your breath long enough, you will die. This is just one of the many things that science is wrong at because I have held mine for 730 days and have failed at dying. I am conv…

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