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Aug 27, 2023Liked by Esther Cohen

What I cherish is those of us who have the same level of difference. It's not "different-different" but "evolved different" > as it should be for those keenly paying attention to the influences of the details of our stories....

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renewing!

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Aug 27, 2023Liked by Esther Cohen

Clever and touching

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thanks zev xx

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I like this poem, Maybe yiou coud become the poet sopokrsperson

for either psychiatrry or Bubble Gum Ice Cream.

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Aug 26, 2023Liked by Esther Cohen

I guess so, Esther. Aren't you ?

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Aug 26, 2023Liked by Esther Cohen

Yes, of course. We are all different people. Except for those who order Bubble Gum ice cream. Not so sure about them.

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My freshman roommate transferred to a different school and I hadn't seen her or heard anything about her in 25 years until a reunion. I recall nothing at all about our wearing different styles of clothing or having different ways of doing laundry. Au contraire. She told me at the 25th reunion one of her most vivid memories was that if I intended to wear a blouse under a crewneck sweater I would iron only the collar and the cuffs (which she seemed to think demonstrated a moral flaw). I assured her that if I still wore crewneck sweaters I would do the same thing that very day (and still today, another 25+ years later). Unbeknownst to me this roommate had decided to join the military after college and by our 25th reunion was a major. The things we don't notice or expect!

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