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“I was really unsure of myself and full of shame. What
other people said about me used to hurt, especially the
really bad stuff.”
Morgan allowed me to record her story for this book
so that it might serve as an inspiration to anyone else
driven by desperation and dignity.
"I used to climb this tree near my house where I could
see everything, but no one could see me. One morning,
after some really tough stuff happened,—" She trailed off
and looked away. "I climbed up to my favorite hiding
spot, feeling miserable. I just wanted to keep climbing
and escape everything. But then this voice in my head—I
don't know if it was my own or what—told me that if I
stayed there, I'd never make it out alive. So, while they
were out, I grabbed a bus to a women's shelter I'd read
about 15 miles away."
"A few days after I arrived at the shelter, Melissa, the
woman in charge, handed me a magazine. She pointed
out an article and said I should read it. It was about a
guy from England who climbed trees for a living and
spent most of his childhood doing it. I got choked up
because it felt like the universe was sending me a
message. I mean, here I was, reading about trees in a
magazine made from paper that comes from trees. It
sounds crazy, but I was in a tough spot and I grabbed
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