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Robert Maulitz's avatar

Continued success in your healing process!

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Paola Chiara Masuzzo's avatar

I loved this. Every single word of it. Leaving love. 🩷

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Daniel Freeman's avatar

🙏🫶♾️🤍

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Martha Volpe's avatar

Always so beautiful written and spot on

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Annabel's avatar

Powerful words, Louise. With you in stillness and softness. Xoxoxo

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Daphne Ball's avatar

We just talked about those things this morning! Thank you for enlightening and inspiring me further!

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Mary M. Chadbourne's avatar

Louise, your words have reached me through Barb Clint by way of your Aunt Lucy. Your inisghts are a breathing in and a breathing out for all of us who read them. The physcial, spiritual, and intellectual synthesizing you are doing and sharing is a gift for all of us who ar too "busy" to be aware of the remarkable simplicity of what sustains us. I recently read Zoe Schlanger's book, "The Light Eaters," a waking for me--one you've already had--about the diversity and resilience of mosses as well as myriad other plants make our lives possible. Your generously shared reflectons give us a chance to learn how better to love and, so, to live more fully. Thank you, and blessings. Mary Chadbourne

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Louise Ireland's avatar

Thank you so much for reading & sharing! I'll check it out!

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Mary M. Chadbourne's avatar

Louise, may you enjoy the book! It dwells a great deal at the basic physiologicial necessities of plants in all their diversity. Zoe Schlanger also bravely addresses the controversial idea of of plant communications, and her examples are compelling. Thank you again for so generously sharing your journals with us. (My apologies if this is a somewhat duplicate answer; I believe I may have lost my original response to your comment on my 6/23/25 post).

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Tom Denbow's avatar

By the way...my computer recently crashed, I was co-chairing a big fundraiser this weekend and had no time to deal with it. I AM NOT TOM DENBOW...but my husband is. I'm Barb Clint.

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Louise Ireland's avatar

Thank you so much Barb! So unbelievably kind of you, I appreciate it!

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Tom Denbow's avatar

Hi, Louise. I'm a friend of your Aunt Lucy in Cleveland and have now had three bouts of breast cancer, each with its miracles. Your writing is so beautiful and inspiring, and I AM sharing your posts with friends I believe will be similarly touched. If you are ever in town, I would love to meet you, as you are a truly remarkable young woman. May your week be full of grass between your toes!

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