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Ellie Bates Chappell's avatar

Oh, well. There goes the afternoon. You brought tears to my eyes with this one. So exactly where I am now. Don’t feel too bad, it’s passed now so I’m good. But, I just wanted to let you know that I get it, every single word. Thanks for writing and sharing this. Some of us really needed it today.

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Not Exatcly Ana's avatar

"And maybe that is the truest form of love. To hold someone in your heart without holding them in your hands." - this one.

This reminds me of a poem I wrote a while ago and now so many memories have come flooding back. Maybe letting go is what love is all about. But it takes a lot of maturity to realize it. To allow the person who is your greatest love to have all the things that they simply can't have with you - not at this time, not in this place.

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Annie's avatar

Wow. Grief around my dads death along with the loss of of a friendship that meant so much to me finally set in last week, leaving me weepy and deeply sad everyday since…so how very apropos. It still broke my heart to read this but it gives me something to think about.

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drowning in cursive's avatar

sorry to hear that you went through all that and sorry for your loss. we need to process all this pain and grief and not ignore it. usually people say "to move on" , i prefer "to move through". ignorance is never the answer, especially when it comes to our own feelings. embrace them.♥️

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