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9 Jun, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Angelic. Do give this a listen.
At the age of 30, Nightbirde (also known as Jane) wrote the original song “It’s Okay” about “the last year of [her] life” which has been characterized by her battle with cancer currently residing in her lungs, spine & liver
"By the end of her segment, Jane commented that though she’s only been given a 2% chance of survival that “is not 0%” and she wishes “people knew how amazing it is” that the 2% is something."
"Ahead of her performance, Jane expressed that “it’s important that everyone knows I’m so much more than the bad things that happen to me.”
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