I thought I'd spend the summer on a beach with my boyfriend. Instead, I was single and walking on hot coals | Olivia Lee
Briefly

"Watching a woman striking a catwalk pose before walking over a bed of 600C hot coals in a white wedding dress that never made it to the wedding was not exactly what I had expected to be doing this summer. Much less did I expect that, bar the strut and the gorgeous outfit, a few seconds later I would be making the same walk across those coals."
"I was the problem. If only I'd been more patient, reassured him more, had just been a different person altogether, then maybe we would still be together. It's not uncommon to have your self-esteem knocked by a breakup."
"But as the months went by and my heartbreak failed to subside, I began to wonder how I could prevent the breakup from continuing to shake my sense of self so profoundly. I decided I wouldn't let this summer become one of heartbreak. It would be the summer of bouncing back."
Read at www.theguardian.com
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