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Gub's avatar

Ah, man, you got me. I lurked, now I’ll subscribe after reading that heartfelt yes or no.

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Hawtorn V. Rabot's avatar

Thank you for calling it heartfelt. That's how it was intended. I subbed you back.

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Gub's avatar

You can tell when someone writes from their heart

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✨Beautifully Broken✨'s avatar

If I cared about anything other than what you do here and now, I would have definitely said so.

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Mark Crutchfield's avatar

Felt, Yes

Adds Up, Yes

Matters enough, Yes, and no ned for tidying up here

Panic doesn't change what's true, it just hands us another lens to notice.

No control needed

Staying, Yes

Not to fixing - I'm not Bob the Builder (https://www.youtube.com/user/bobthebuilderchannel)

Don't need to frame it either - I'm not an artist.

I'm just here.

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Kate's avatar

Of course!

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Jean Miller's avatar

Goodness. Got me all breathless and wanty of meaningful connection with that one.

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Hawtorn V. Rabot's avatar

Really? For real?

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Jean Miller's avatar

"Can you be in the discomfort and awkward without cheapening it?" That’s the line that really got me.

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Hawtorn V. Rabot's avatar

I wrote it when my wife was being the person she chose to be, wouldn’t change, and our marriage was dead in three weeks.

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Jean Miller's avatar

Well, hell. Now it hits even closer to home (circa 2010). Do you take virtual hugs?

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Hawtorn V. Rabot's avatar

Sure. I love virtual hugs. 🫂

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Jean Miller's avatar

🖤🖤🖤

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Fiona Bridges's avatar

Yes!

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Hawtorn V. Rabot's avatar

YAY!

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Hannah Torkelson's avatar

Thanks for asking the questions I want to ask! ♥️✨️

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Hawtorn V. Rabot's avatar

You wanted to ask these?

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Elijah Westin's avatar

Man I may not be the most present with how busy I am and I may not be able to participate as much as others

But yes, I have felt a lot of what you have written

Yes it is worth reliving

Yes it adds up

Yes it matters

Yes i forgive your shortcomings, I have many as well.

Yes i have misjudged you before

Yes I can sit in the dark

It seems I too live there often times

Panic wont change a thing

I don't have control over anything ESPECIALLY others

Yes I believe you

Yes I will stick around

Yes i will choose you

But I am human, so sometimes I aint the quickest or the most thoughtful or thorough. And i may not always be able to participate

As long as you can forgive that, we're all in 🤙

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Hawtorn V. Rabot's avatar

Oh this wasn't about you.

I wrote this to my wife when our marriage fell apart.

You're good.

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Aynsley's avatar

Oh man this was relatable

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Hawtorn V. Rabot's avatar

Really?

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Aynsley's avatar

💯 it reflected so much of the compulsions of the mind in this modern world

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Hawtorn V. Rabot's avatar

Thank you.

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Ink and Light by Nat Hale's avatar

Yes.

I felt it.

Yes, it adds up.

Yes, it is worth reliving to tell it.

Yes, it matters, even when memory is uncertain and the ground shifts.

Yes, I can forgive the shortcomings.

Yes, I can acknowledge misjudgment.

Yes, I can sit in the dark without trying to manage it.

Yes, the panic does not get to change it.

Yes, I do not need control.

Yes, I believe you when you say this is how you do, how you can be.

Yes, I will stay.

No fixing. No softening. No safety.

Just witness.

Thank you for trusting the reader with something this real.

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Hawtorn V. Rabot's avatar

Okay. Wow. Answered them all in full.

Thank you.

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Una Rouquine's avatar

How can you read this and not feel anything?

I didn’t subscribe to you so I can decorate your truth with filters, I chose you for your truth and I stayed for what it made me understand. There are no doubts here. We are here for the long run!

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Hawtorn V. Rabot's avatar

Oh, my eyes are sweating again, Una.

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Kelly Trost's avatar

yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes

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Hawtorn V. Rabot's avatar

Are you sure? For real?

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Kelly Trost's avatar

Absolutely!

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Hawtorn V. Rabot's avatar

YAY!

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Dorie Snow/雪多丽's avatar

Yes I felt it deeply

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Hawtorn V. Rabot's avatar

Promise?

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Dorie Snow/雪多丽's avatar

Promise.

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Hawtorn V. Rabot's avatar

Wohoo!

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C Simone's avatar

Yes!!!

Yes!!

Yes!!

Keep being unapologetically you, sharing what you feel led to & your tribe will sit beside you & keep the fire burning!

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Hawtorn V. Rabot's avatar

Are you sure? I hope so.

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Apapach-Arte's avatar

Yes. Full stop.

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Hawtorn V. Rabot's avatar

I'll take it. Thank you.

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Night Cracks's avatar

1

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Hawtorn V. Rabot's avatar

2 to the 3 to the 4 to the 5.

Thank you.

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Night Cracks's avatar

There's only 0 and 1.

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Hawtorn V. Rabot's avatar

Oh. You went binary.

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