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sarah!!! i love that women in bars being kind towards each other is a universal experience and i love that your hometown felt more like home by the end of the summer and i love that you’re moving back to the city and i love your writing!!

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EVIE!! i love you so much! your writing is always so special to me and i'm so grateful for you

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my heart <3333

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i adore you eve 💌

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oh sarah, this was so beautifully written. i felt so seen—the feeling of being homesick for an in between of two places, of missing somewhere you're not sure if you can call home anymore. i just loved this so much and the camaraderie of women in bars as well!!! perfect perfect essay could not be more perfect <3

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elle i adore you💘 this means everything to me and i’m so glad you enjoyed this piece

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this was so beautiful!! your writing is so compelling and atmospheric 💌💌

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thank you so much 💌💌

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this was such a perfect piece! i loved everything about this!

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this reminds me of that one audio in tiktok, "oh how I love being a woman!" ✨

reading this was comforting. I'm moving out for univ next month. I'm terrified ofc, but I hope I could experience womanhood moments like this. It's fleeting but so worth it.

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i'm so glad you felt that while you read this!! i hope your experience at uni is filled with so many special, perfect, happy moments 💓

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i love you so so much. You’re such a light in everyone’s lives and you remind me every day about how i love the womanhood experience! We’re strong, kind and inspiring, and you’re the perfect example of that! Love you as much as you love your clementine jellycat, or as much as i love cozy sweaters that remind me of the passage of time. ✨🥹

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amanda i love you so much!! you mean the world to me and every single day i'm so grateful to have you in my life. my sister on here 💓

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I LOVE U

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oh I loved this. I’ve moved away from my hometown nearly a year ago now but the memories still feel fresh yet faded like it was from another life. I’m afraid to return to a place that’s no longer my permanent home, where my childhood home is no longer mine and my friends have also moved away. Seeing your words of ‘ready to rediscover’ makes me feel just a little braver to go back and bring in new present memories to love about my hometown. This was lovely 💖.

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i'm so glad this resonated with you!!! i "fresh and faded like it was from another life" is the perfect description of those memories!! i'm sending you all of the love and hope for your return to your hometown 💓

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such beautiful writing. I loved this

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maybe my favorite thing you’ve written so far

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also the one thing i didn't have you proofread which is crazy

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This is one the best things i've ever read here! I love your descriptions, and I feel like you perfectly encapsulated the melancholy in the story. I also love the last part, the message abt womanhood and sisterhood.

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you're so kind!! thank you so much!! this is one of my favorite pieces i've written and it means the world that you enjoyed it!

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this was such a beautiful and refreshing read, I loved every moment of it, your writing is so pure.

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thank you so much!! 🥹🩷

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okay taylor, charli, AND chappell in one night?? i love that for you !!

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this really resonated as someone who's back at their hometown while on break from university. lovely writing !!

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thank you so much!!

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perfect capturing of best saturday night perhaps ever

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ready to do it again

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my heart is bursting! i resonated with this so much having moved back to my hometown and having a hard time adjusting and making friends, and continuously replaying those magical moments of nights out in my head. this was lovely! x

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