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Sep 20, 2023Liked by Raechel Anne Jolie

I love this so much. I was saving my parking tickets from the hospital too for a while! And then in a fit of frustration I threw them all out. Sometimes I think the dull repetition of treatment is part of the treatment itself, numbing you to the horror of it all.

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I wonder if we’ll burn them ceremoniously at some point! And yes that seems right, it’s definitely a numbing.

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Definitely calls for a ritual

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Sep 23, 2023Liked by Raechel Anne Jolie

This was beautiful to read...both bleak and hopeful all at once. You're navigating some truly tough shit, and I see you 💜

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<3 thank you, violet.

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Sep 21, 2023Liked by Raechel Anne Jolie

Thank you for sharing your journey, in the form of literary artistry.

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i’m so glad you were moved to create such a beautiful piece of “weird art” from scraps of that mundane element of a hard thing. i can see so much artistry in your sense of fashion and nature photographs that you share, and i hope this project will inspire more embracing of non-writing art if it feels good 😍

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oh this is such a sweet comment! i love knowing that it shows up in my fashion :) :) thank you for the encouragement <3 <3

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Sep 21, 2023Liked by Raechel Anne Jolie

Your writing often leaves me speechless but wanting to say, I’m here, I see you, femme.

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thank you, femme. <3 <3

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Sep 20, 2023Liked by Raechel Anne Jolie

this is so very well done and resonates with so many things i’ve thought and felt about being in and visiting hospitals. the art piece is also wonderful. thank you as always for sharing these things.

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thank you for reading <3

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