When I was little I started writing stories about how I felt.

I wrote for hours sometimes days.

Sometimes I couldn't seem to find the words.

But after all, they came along.

I have been writing for a very long time.

So I decided to share a few stories online.

I decided I wanted to make a book,

with all the stories and poems I wrote.

I call them the tales of my heart because

everything that I write, comes directly from the heart.

Some are deep, some are not.

Some are serious and some funny.

Fo...

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