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A Warm Embrace

Because Hannah Means Graceful – #12 – It’s quite common in college to question yourself as you start a new chapter in your life. Sometimes who you want to be and who you are don’t match up, and for Hannah this means a long battle with depression, bulimia, medication abuse, and alcohol. In her journey to learn how to care for herself, Hannah has started to develop an understanding of what it means to need someone and to know that it is ok to rely on another person. While there still is a long way for Hannah to be the person she wants to be, her relationship with her girlfriend Courtney, has helped her see something worth living for.

Hannah and Courtney embrace each in bed. Their relationship provides stability in each other, and although Hannah has a long way to go in her search for acceptance in herself, Hannah sees people are worth staying alive for.