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Nov 13, 2022Liked by Alice Goldbloom

So moving Alice ! Thank you

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Very moving and so well written. I aspire to how you write.

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Nov 13, 2022Liked by Alice Goldbloom

Touching and resonates…”She guarded her secrets because sharing them would not have served her purpose”.❤️

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Nov 13, 2022Liked by Alice Goldbloom

Wow! What powerful insights, shared so eloquently.

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Nov 13, 2022Liked by Alice Goldbloom

Such a loving story of motherhood and sacrifice told by a skilled writer.

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Nov 13, 2022Liked by Alice Goldbloom

Very thought provoking. The secrets the previous generation of my family took to the grave could fill a book. How many do we guard in the same way?

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Nov 13, 2022Liked by Alice Goldbloom

So touching and beautifully expressed. Thank you

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Nov 13, 2022Liked by Alice Goldbloom

Beautifully written.

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Your memories are so vivid…I felt your mothers love for you and you for her. Just beautiful.

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Nov 13, 2022Liked by Alice Goldbloom

Alice, this is such a powerful text of love and intimacy, feelings and regrets. Congratulation on another perfectly well written personal story.

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Nov 13, 2022Liked by Alice Goldbloom

Another beautiful and poignant essay, Alice. It reminds me that there are no final conversations, only interrupted ones, with much left unasked or unsaid. As for bereavement hallucinations, they aren’t really the domain of counsellors or psychiatrists; they are the normal property of grief and loss, not to be pathologized but rather to be recognized as transient sensory fragments of enduring connection.

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Nov 13, 2022Liked by Alice Goldbloom

Such a poignant story. Thank you

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This is such a beautiful and touching story. Many mothers do carry burdens that we do not know about. At times I wish that I could ask my mother about the issues she kept private….unfortunately I didn’t but her presence is still vibrant in my life.

Thank you for this story…

Marylin Smith Carsley

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Nov 13, 2022Liked by Alice Goldbloom

A touching essay - beautifully written. Poignant yet very positively insightful - thank you.

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Nov 13, 2022Liked by Alice Goldbloom

Alice, this is another elegant piece of writing. It created such strong visuals for me. I saw your mother in her kitchen and your father bending over his stamps. This piece will stay with me for a long time.

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I know that wish. My mother's Mom died when she was 13, her Dad when she was 19. I knew the facts but she could/would never talk about them or her feelings. I would love to sit down with her for a day and really talk.

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