addendum to yesterday's entry
The same day my friend showed me the photo from
the previous entry,
I had a great encounter in a pharmacy. There were two pharmacy technicians, young women, chatting. One came over to give me the prescription I was picking up, and I saw on her name tag that she had the same surname as Em in Pen Pal, and a really pretty, unusual first name (so unusual that when I typed the whole name just now into Google, a picture of her popped up on the first page of results).
I don't know if you've seen that...
I don't know if you've seen that...
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CarolineFromConcord
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Feb 08, 2019 03:52AM
Writers definitely have to have someone encouraging them. Any kind of creative person does. A number of artists I know internalized parental praise at a very young age, but others must find it elsewhere.
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Yes--I am inexpressibly grateful to my parents for the biggest gift one can possibly have: to come into awareness with a sense that you are deeply loved, considered a treasure. And yes, always, always encouraged. That has made SUCH a difference to me. I've gone through hard times socially, but because I had this baseline love and support, it just didn't affect me the way it might have, and with the things I've tried doing, I always felt supported.
Kismet! It's amazing how stories connect us, and continue to do so long after debuts or publication. I'm grateful you connected with that pharmacy tech; maybe some healing took place that day. <3
I sincerely hope so. I stalked her a little bit online and she seems like a go-getter. Hope the best for her.
