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Aug 17Liked by sarah cucchiara

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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Aug 17Liked by sarah cucchiara

my heart <3333

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i adore you eve 💌

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Aug 18Liked by sarah cucchiara

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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Aug 18Liked by sarah cucchiara

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

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thank you so much 💌💌

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Aug 18Liked by sarah cucchiara

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

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Aug 17Liked by sarah cucchiara

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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Aug 17Liked by sarah cucchiara

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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Aug 17Liked by sarah cucchiara

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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Aug 17Liked by sarah cucchiara

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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Aug 19Liked by sarah cucchiara

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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Aug 19Liked by sarah cucchiara

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

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Aug 17Liked by sarah cucchiara

i did have this experience because i also live in a small town and i went to boston for the first time ever to study and i had the time of my life but when i came back to the town i really cannot declare how accurate what you said about it was . how you were saying it felt like you’re in my brain but im so glad that you came to the realization at the end . i love everything about this thank u sarah it really felt healing !

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🩷🩷

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Aug 17Liked by sarah cucchiara

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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Aug 17Liked by sarah cucchiara

perfect capturing of best saturday night perhaps ever

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ready to do it again

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