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I think we can comfort ourselves with the presences here and visit as we feel the need.
Patty

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Wow! Thanks, seeker! I don't feel so bad for disappearing! Yeah, because someone we have connected to is still here!! I never thought about it that way! IRL, it's even that more tenuous, isn't it (at least in my case...)? Online, with the wide reach of people, it maybe just that this is more of our reality?? (Not that I endorse isolation!!!) - Ok, getting off track here, but what I mean is, there IS SOMEONE AT THE OTHER END typing this message to you, isn't there?

As mean as I get, there is always someone here to calm me; or set me straight...

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