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A lovely expansive tenderness

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Thank you, Eric

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Jeez this took me back…… not sure what current teachers’ opinion of me are but “Another former student gone astray because she got corrupted by Western media” hit the nail on the head

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"sesat" 🥲🥲🥲

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Ugh! Thank you for sharing Becky, I felt for you in so much of this and also at the end I felt so much tenderness for the feelings of a young Becky. Also, so amazing you and Camilo are partnering together!! Dream team!

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Aw thanks for the tender response, Michelle <3 glad you felt the love for young Becky too.

So hyped for Camilo!! He's coincidentally been my assigned editor a few too many times so he was the first person I thought of :)

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Mad respect for this piece. I never had anything like this happen, hate that you did and so many others have. Love how you captured both the clarity and confusion of an adult who looks back on a traumatic and/or formative event from high school. Some things get clearer, others remain cloudy.

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Thanks, Matt. I was definitely confused, but writing this out helped with a liiittle bit of clarity.

Guess some spots will remain cloudy. Thanks for dropping by.

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So sorry that you have to go through this….. I have a bad history with church also…. Where they don’t understand me because they are high up in their spiritual bubble

Stay strong 💪

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Thanks Jeroen! It's unfortunate but hopefully they can spread love without looking down on people who aren't in the church.

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Exactly…..but unfortunately they see everything with their spiritual eyes instead of looking at it as it is.

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Really glad you are teaming up with Camilo. That's a fantastic match and team.

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Perhaps coincidentally, Camilo has been assigned to be my editor quite a few times since 2023! He was the first person I thought of :)

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