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Apr 25Liked by Richard Partridge

what! Is this real? What a text. Incredibly inmersive and well written. Amazing!

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I so appreciate your sharing the wistful reliving lost moments. To me it is a sign of being alive and feeling the past so deeply, that remembrance of what never was. I, too, wonder about certain moments of "what if". Sometimes my heart literally aches. Well done, Richard.

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Really terrific! There’s a saying “if only youth knew, and if only old age could.” But old age can if we only allow ourselves to accept it and be grateful.

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Apr 25Liked by Richard Partridge

Take off the mask of who you think you should be. Incredible writing.

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You've created such a wonderful piece here and the photo is wonderful. It sounds like an authentic story. Is this synchronicity real? I saw the title in my inbox and thought this was about your mother. Then I was pleasantly surprised to see Louise Bourgeois in the piece but hang on you surprise your reader a third time with something even greater. And I adore Louise. (Have got nothing against your mother... never met her). Masterpiece!

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The road re - taken. Positive ! I've had some embryonic potential relationships that I'm actually kind of glad never really TOOK OFF even IF I've liked like a Buddhist / Hindu Sadhu for north of 20 years. I know that the element of irony is like layers of lead around a petrified tree stump.

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What a wonderful, magical tale! Thank you! And thank you @rolandoandrade for leading me here!

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