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eileen mary holowka's avatar

So much of this is so relatable. I hope that if/when I am in in much pain again that I will be able to give myself more space and grace to be Ill. Beautiful writing.

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Rachel Piper's avatar

Thank you Eileen 💕

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Katharine's avatar

This is wonderfully expressed, thank you for writing it and for all your careful attention to the things, within and without, personal and communal and structural, that help make a good life possible

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Rachel Piper's avatar

Thank you Katharine 💛

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Abi Millar's avatar

beautifully written Rachel x

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Rachel Piper's avatar

thank you Abi x

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Megan McInerney's avatar

‘what doesn’t kill you makes your nervous system hypersensitive to pain’!!

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Rachel Piper's avatar

‘stand a little more uncomfortably’ 🎶

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