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Scott's avatar

Your writing reminds me of shades of Garp. (I hope that you take it as a complement) Ty

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Suzan Erem's avatar

LOL I'll take it! Thank you.

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Denise OBrien's avatar

What a childhood! I never had so many interesting people or adventures in my life.

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Denise OBrien's avatar

I must say Suzan, you are the strong person you are because of those who influenced you - positively and negatively!

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Suzan Erem's avatar

Thanks Denise but of course they also filled me with so much insecurity...that was only amplified when 20 people unsubscribed yesterday! WTF?

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Denise OBrien's avatar

I get disappointed when people unsubscribe but I have to not take it personally. Until I learned the substack trick that has you subscribe automatically to recommended writers when i intentionally subscribed to one in particular, I was taking it wrong.

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Suzan Erem's avatar

Yeah that's what I'm starting to think. This is an adjustment after a bunch subscribed like that and didn't know it

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Mike M. in the PNW's avatar

I stumbled here by way of Jess Piper and I'm glad I did. You are a talented writer. Thanks for sharing.

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Suzan Erem's avatar

Thank you so much! You made my day.

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Suzan Erem's avatar

Thanks! We never stop trying, do we...

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Carole's avatar

Plants are resilient, so are you. Keep it up, your doing better than you realize

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Suzan Erem's avatar

Thank you for your kind words! Aren't we all (doing better than we realize...) Hard to tell some days, though.

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Cheryl Tevis's avatar

You can do it! Thanks for sharing.

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