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Becky Simpson's avatar

This whole section on N’s birthday was so poignant and beautiful (and heartbreaking). ā€œ...no different at all except she happened to become, and now, oddly, I watch her become more of herself each day.ā€

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Meera Lee Patel's avatar

Thanks, Beck. I know you're watching it happen in your own home, each day, too.

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Mya Dexter's avatar

I love that you made N a birthday cake inspired by her own drawing. Thank you too for a most delicate yet poignant reflection on the world; "a feeble utterance to the universe to absorb some of this world's hatred so our children do not have to."

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Meera Lee Patel's avatar

The way she (and most children, I think) approaches art is from a place of pure love and joy. It's something to be envied, something I aspire to do.

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Meera Lee Patel's avatar

<3

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