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Karen Swallow's avatar

Thank goodness for your intimacy and poignant reflection. Perhaps your talent and gift comes from your honesty to bravery share from your heart 💜 and mind.

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Emily Shetler's avatar

Thank you Karen! ☺️

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Caroline's avatar

What a poignant and piercing essay. I love how you pulled so many pieces into a mosaic, and introduced me to as-yet unfamiliar authors—and podcasts! I found myself recalling Lincoln at the Bardo and wondering where that imagining of grief and politics would weave in here.

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Angela Boyd's avatar

Yes to Lincoln at the Bardo! A perennial theme, grief...

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tina's avatar

Beautiful!!! 💗

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Melissa Ll's avatar

Brava. A beautifully written piece from the heart. Thank you for sharing your story. "We learn to refocus our life’s lens to the holes where there used to be humans." Yes!!

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Emily Shetler's avatar

Thank you for reading!

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