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Maaike VanderMeer's avatar

Loved reading this in full, after hearing you share a piece of it! <3

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Michelle LaCroix's avatar

Thank you so much, Maaike! 🤍

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Georgia LaCroix's avatar

“You don’t have to run this time”.

Wow, a visceral reaction to remembering when I too realized I no longer had to walk on eggshells , look over my shoulder, or fall all over myself trying to make things “right”.

And I would add, that that part of my life gave birth to the one I am gratefully living now 💜

Love you 🤗

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Michelle LaCroix's avatar

Love you more 🤍🤍 and couldn't agree more with the wisdom of your perspective. Such a wild thing, how these reminders can resurface out of nowhere resurface years later.

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Jayne Shore's avatar

The subtle mention of wings at the beginning really gave the ending its weight. It was very moving to hear you read this. Thanks for sharing it. 🤍

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Michelle LaCroix's avatar

This means so much Jayne, thank you for the close read and for such kind feedback. So grateful to have spaces like our Monday group to work up to sharing these things.

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Makayla Wamboldt's avatar

Michelle! This really captured me. The tension, the pacing, the exploration around the way the past can haunt us, what it takes to face it. I loved the details about the therapist, the thousands of hours, the cicadas. You do so much here with such a tightly woven piece. Stunning, and full of so much achy truth.

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Michelle LaCroix's avatar

Gahh thank you so much Makayla. This comment itself is a poem! I so appreciate you reading, and your warm feedback. 🤍

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Jordan Shea Page's avatar

This is magical writing, my friend! Honest and self-revealing. "All I know is I have expertly reduced you to a child's rendering of a ghost, poorly drawn and vaguely villain-shaped" made me gasp aloud. Stunning!

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Michelle LaCroix's avatar

Wahh thank you friend, your sweet feedback means the WORLD 🤍 so grateful to write in community with you!

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Marissa Burdett's avatar

My GOD, Michelle.

I know what went into this and I'm just in awe of you. Stun-ning.

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Michelle LaCroix's avatar

❤️❤️ love youuu

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Lisa Conquet's avatar

This is a beautifully woven piece (I believe you read the first part on Monday). I am grateful to get to read the entire thing. Thank you for this vulnerable share.

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Michelle LaCroix's avatar

This means so much, thank you Lisa 🤍 Our Monday group feels like suchhh a warm and valuable space to practice writing into + sharing this type of more vulnerable stuff, I'm so grateful for that container and for all of you.

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Kelly Bunch's avatar

This is a stunning piece filled with so much raw emotion. Thank you for sharing!

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Michelle LaCroix's avatar

Thank you so much for reading, Kelly! 🤍

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Jessica Barreira's avatar

I love that I get to know you just a smidge better through these. Choosing to to lean in has been a potent theme for me in these last few months. <3

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Michelle LaCroix's avatar

I love that we've connected here! 🤍 Here's to leaning in.

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Jordan Shea Page's avatar

OH EM GEE HIIIIIIIII! I love finding each other outside of work spaces!

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