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Hannah K's avatar

Beautiful! 🥲

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Joy Moore's avatar

Elizabeth Harwell, I connected with you long ago via the Habit (of course!!) Good to hear this beautiful meditation- abundance abounds!

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Elizabeth Harwell's avatar

Thank you, Joy! Good to hear from you!

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Alicia Pollard's avatar

Gorgeously written! I love how you wove your childhood memory into this exquisite scene. I fell like I just got to go snorkeling and marvel at the colors, too. 🩷

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Janna Y. Barber's avatar

Through your writing, I get to experience the way you see the world, and I love your point of view.

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Loren Warnemuende's avatar

Oh wow. Just wow.

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Jeanine Joyner's avatar

This is breathtakingly beautiful.

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Pamela Kiper's avatar

How lovely!

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Alison Vogel's avatar

I loved the way you used the surprise birthday party of your childhood to help us understand the way you felt during your brief visit to the upside-down world of the coral reef. The feeling of being an uninvited onlooker. I know that feeling so well, but only around other humans.

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Amanda Geidl's avatar

Elizabeth…everything you did here—just—wow. So vivid. Love the connections. Isn’t life amazing?

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Tami Dandeneau's avatar

Beautiful!! Loved every word!

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Brooke Shorey's avatar

just lovely.

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Danielle Vogt's avatar

So beautiful.

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Heather Cadenhead's avatar

Enjoyed savoring this piece over morning coffee. You’ve got a lot of poetry inside of you, Elizabeth.

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