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appleton king's avatar

the free association is blinding....i root for the frog too

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appleton king's avatar

the free association is blinding....i root for the frog too

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<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

Me too!

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Ben Woestenburg's avatar

I just love that one. It's like witnessing the messiness of life through someone else's eyes. It happens at a certain age...oh, that would be about now, wouldn't it? Yep, no doubt about that.

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<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

Yep, life is messy but we learn as we go ...

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Kimberly Warner's avatar

What do I think of this?! I’m blown away by your writing, Mary…your wizard-like ability to spin a web between your life (and the hard feelings to navigate) and so many other relevant but disparate elements. You make my head spin, my heart squeeze, and my stomach cry greedy for more.

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<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

Super comment: talk about making my day in the midst of all this.

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Jeffrey Streeter's avatar

"Double doors do not mean the ball the princess will attend with her prince. My sister or my mother or my father on a gurney went through double doors, pushed by attendants wearing colored caps and returned more broken than before." So powerful, so sad. As I've mentioned before, I love your use of fairy tales. Never more so than here

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<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

What a marvelous comment. Finding you—your erudite mind, your sensitive reads, your open heart—has been gift, indeed.

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Persephone Godwin's avatar

"And the multiples of three and the terrifying to me..."

Exquisite. <3

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<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

Thank you so, Persephone. No higher praise than that one word❣️

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William Colson's avatar

Deep with feelings.

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<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

You define empathy in brevity, Bill.

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Diane BF78's avatar

Powerful. Double doors are scary. I went through a similar experience before my mother’s surgery. It did not turn out well.

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<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

Ah, those "double doors", Diane K24--one of my best readers. I am lucky we found each other. ~ Mary

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Isabelle's avatar

Always a pleasure to read you, Mary. Love this for the connections you make and the images you add. Writing that stays with me long after I've read it. Thinking of you xo

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<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

The fact that this life-tale of woe, in the writing of it, stays with you means much, Isabelle.

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