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Listening and reading this just now. Beautifully done, painful and consoling. For those of us who’ve known separation from one we need to hold to feel we can breathe, so familiar and poignant. 53 years ago my boyfriend (humans of as many years) arrived back after basic training, changed, for us to marry.

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Thank you, Patris. Painful and consoling is precisely the mood I was trying to capture.

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Re. the pain, you might also recall the meniscus.

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How could I forget? (Though it’s my right shoulder most of the time)

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Absolutely wonderful. Perfect ending. (And may you soon find your way back to her.)

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Thank you my friend. The long travel day, however, I’m glad to say, was in fact going back to her -- after too long apart.

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So fine. "Like you are and like I am as we navigate the morning bells to catch the sunrise"

Lines that make me wish I'd thought of them. Thanks for this one!

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Thank you, Karen

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I can feel your words running through your photos, Jonathan, the clouds, the sun, the water.

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Thanks Paul 🙏

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