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Christy's avatar

Your perspective on ‘how you see things’ reminds me to engage all of my senses instead of staying singularly focused on seeing with just my eyes. It opens up life in a whole new way, doesn’t it? ❤️

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Laura Pashby's avatar

Thanks so much for saying so Christy. I have to remind myself to make use of all my senses so it’s lovely to hear that you felt connected in this way. 💫

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Diane’s Blue Forum 👩‍💻's avatar

Lovely piece--especially your message to the boys at the end’

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Laura Pashby's avatar

Thank you so much 💚

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Arnie Sabatelli's avatar

Love the message to the boys. Sometimes we all need to be reminded that what we’re seeing/experiencing is beauty filled with awe and wonder--especially through the steady onslaught of its opposite--violence, injustice, desperation.

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Wayne Bromiley's avatar

Closer to danger and closer to beauty. Makes me think about a line in a song I like by Pearly Jam in which it talks about death over our shoulder. Maybe if we kept all three of those thoughts in our minds, I wonder how differently we might lead our lives and make every moment count. Just like you reminding your boys to memorize that time together and the beauty. Great piece and Thank You for the reminder. We all probably need that from time to time.

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Laura Pashby's avatar

Thank you so much for reading. I’m glad it resonated. 💫

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Kristin Dawn's avatar

Oh, you probably saw the southern resident orcas of the Salish Sea 🖤 magical

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Laura Pashby's avatar

They truly were magical. 🐋💫

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Jessica Maybury's avatar

This is so beautiful

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Laura Pashby's avatar

Thank you so much! 💫

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Jude's avatar

Oh goodness , a bittersweet moment. Your boys, with the guidance you offered them, will look back on that precious family time. Your writing evokes sensuous pictures in my mind. Thank you.

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Laura Pashby's avatar

Thank you Jude, I really hope they will remember it. 🐋🌅

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Bella Bankes's avatar

Oh, what a moment shared :)

The mood is just everything. ✨

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Laura Pashby's avatar

Thank you so much 💫

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Lyndsay Kaldor's avatar

You painted such a vivid picture of this scene, such depth and poignancy, and yet all so interlaced with beauty xx

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Laura Pashby's avatar

Thank you so much Lyndsay 🤍

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Laura La Sottile's avatar

Viscerally Gorgeous Depth

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Laura Pashby's avatar

Thank you so much.

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Lisa's avatar

Your writing is beautiful and viceral. I can see it. I can smell it. I can hear it.

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Laura Pashby's avatar

Oh that’s so lovely to hear, thank you. 🙏

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Rolando Andrade's avatar

What a wonderful story. Reminds me of may infancy in the country. Thanks

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Laura Pashby's avatar

Thank you for reading!

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