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J.E. Bartel's avatar

i came to this realisation this week while rewatching Downton Abbey--1915-1925 was such a turbulent time to be coming of age!!

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Gabby Llewellyn's avatar

For real!!

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Averi Whitman's avatar

🥹🥹🥹

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Heather's avatar

😭 I needed this so much. Thank you!

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Sarah Chapman's avatar

Love this.

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Heather Gonzalez Babcock's avatar

I had a lot of overwhelming feelings yesterday. This piece put all of those feelings into words. Thank you 🩷

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Krista Lax's avatar

“Carrying on with normal life” doesn’t make us insensitive to tragedy and injustice, it makes us human — humans who have the choice to choose passion and joy despite the hardships we guaranteed to face.

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Ruthann Daniel's avatar

This is so timely and helpful <3 I've already reread it a few times; I hope you never stop writing about all of this weird tension because it resonates so deeply.

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