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"It takes strength to live with joy. It takes strength to climb out of decades of denial, of being rebutted, of being hurt. You make the choice to feel that you're deserving of joy in a world that has often told you that you can't have it."
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"Duluth is my city. I became an adult here. Twice."
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"And the question became, 'Can you live like this from here on out?' And when that answer became, 'No,' I knew I had to do something."