1:59:04
Not a space between us.
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In the midst of confrontation,
she found clarity.
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She expressed regret
that she had to ask me...
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to deal with the basic question of my life
at such a young age.
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And then she asked it.
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"Is what you want for yourself...
1:59:57
"to become someone very different...
2:00:02
"than me?"
2:00:25
I have been overwhelmed...
2:00:27
by your encouragement
to apply to your university...
2:00:30
and your list of scholarships
available to me.
2:00:33
Though, as I hope this essay shows...
2:00:37
your acceptance, while it would thrill me...
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will not define me.
2:00:45
My identity rests firmly...
2:00:48
and happily on one fact:
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I am my mother's daughter.