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When I got married

my husband took me
and started beating me
When I got pregnant by him
he told me to go away
from his house.

I did not have any place to go.
I did not have anything in my life.
I wanted to take away my life
and to kill myself.
Grace Kerubo
SHOES My best friend told me

not to give up.

That is when I somehow knew

I will give my shoes to my daughter.
Those shoes are nice to me.

They look good.

My boyfriend gave them to me
When I gave birth to my daughter.
It was a surprise to me.
It makes me remember.
When I look at those shoes
I remember
a lot of things in my life that

I have
passed through

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