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You are so right about true love ❤️

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This is beautiful, Joanne. They really don't tell you what it will be like or how the small things will mean the most.

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I Admit - this is the first time I read one of your stories, but it won't be the last. Life and Love is full of memories and your writing connected the present and the past for me and reminded me how wonderful both can be. As editor & publisher of UP Magazine, a 37 year old print monthly print publication. I plan to share this entry with our readers and introduce you to them and how they can come and read more.

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These are wonderful stories to remind us that a long-time relationship is truly a partnership. I talk about how you really come to know the love you have for your child by remembering the first time you are woken up in the middle of the night because your child has a stomach bug and has gotten sick in bed- only to also get sick in your bed when you allow them to crawl in with you to sleep. These stories are what creates real love!

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Oddly I was thinking about the Waltons the other day. Remember how they all said good night to each other. The Appalachias are such an old mysterious place full of myths and stories and art. A place where I would like to spend some time soaking it all up. Thanks for sparking these ideas!

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