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Apr 2017
Fathom (noun) ; understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought*

I turned to page eight, and the word struck to my eyes like a magnet.
Fathom.
It was hard to fathom I would be where I am now.
When I was born, I am certain my mother could never fathom that I would struggle this much throughout life.
But I am.
When I was eight and fell down, I never could fathom that the scrape on my knee would heal back to normal.
But it did.
When I was in middle school, I never could fathom I would fit in anywhere or make any friends.
But I did.
All throughout life, I never could fathom that I would ever accept myself.
But I have.
Why are we doubting ourselves so much throughout life,
when all it does time after time is bring us down?
The cure to all of our problems is
fathoming.
Emma Melvin
Written by
Emma Melvin  Tiffin, OH
(Tiffin, OH)   
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