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Sep 20, 2023Liked by Alissa Mears

I love you, Virginia. And I could not be more honored to be in your life and writing. It was the pilgrimage of a lifetime, and it was only the first annual. See you in St. Ives, or on the writing lodge porch of our dreams, or just down the desk from you tomorrow <3 <3 <3

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This was so beautiful!

I particularly loved this bullet:

“My mother wanted to name me Phoebe. How attached we become to the choices our parents almost made.”

♥️

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Thank you, Emma. I think I could write four essays on my attachments to those choices not made!

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