I thought that if I could just get far enough away from the comparisons, then maybe people would finally see me for me…. Later I realized that what I had spent years calling a shadow was in fact a legacy.
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I thought that if I could just get far enough away from the comparisons, then maybe people would finally see me for me…. Later I realized that what I had spent years calling a shadow was in fact a legacy.
Many people know me by my nickname — M or MM.
But, to family friends and relatives, I am “Anak ni Kuya Rey.”
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