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TeenConnect: Your Healings
September 14, 2021
Who I really am
Dana Dorman
I felt like I was on top of the world. It was the beginning of my senior year in high school, and I had great friendships, an amazing boyfriend who saw me for who I truly am, parents who loved me, and teachers at school who supported me.
But one day when looking in the mirror, I started noticing all my "flaws" and picking myself apart. I wished I looked like other girls.
I started noticing all my flaws and picking myself apart.
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TeenConnect: Your Healings
Behind the wheel—with God
TeenConnect: Your Healings
Finding “my people” through prayer
TeenConnect: Your Healings
“I started running faster and faster”
TeenConnect: Your Healings
When I hurt my foot during tae kwon do
TeenConnect: Your Healings
God’s care on the mountain
TeenConnect: Your Healings
How forgiveness helped my family
TeenConnect: Your Healings
Adventuring—with prayer
TeenConnect: Your Healings
Conquering the waves of fear
TeenConnect: Your Healings
Protected during a cross-country road trip
TeenConnect: Your Healings
Bad thoughts can’t control me
TeenConnect: Your Healings
Why I gave my boyfriend Science and Health
TeenConnect: Your Healings
Feeling safe in a dangerous neighborhood
TeenConnect: Your Healings
I didn’t want to do it
TeenConnect: Your Healings
Who I really am
TeenConnect: Your Healings
Scared to fly?
TeenConnect: Your Healings
If you’re feeling homesick
TeenConnect: Your Healings
Scared to fly?
TeenConnect: Your Healings
On the way to the state soccer tournament
TeenConnect: Your Healings
A quarterback prays
