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Dave Ellis's avatar

What a lovely read and as always lifts my mood. Thank you. Respect & X 2 All

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Morton Winner's avatar

Thank you for the dreamy and thoughtfully relaxing mood induced by your writing.And thanks for sharing with us your superb skills of description in your beautiful and polished writing.

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Frances Leader's avatar

Ah! That is so nice of you to say! Thank you! xx

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Morton Winner's avatar

Wow! 2xx! I really needed them, believe me.

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Kelly's avatar

Wonderful post Frances. Precious treasured memories. Thank you for putting words to them.🤗🙏

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kitten seeking answers's avatar

so sorry for the loss of your beautiful furry friends 😿

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Frances Leader's avatar

Are they lost though? Someone profoundly spiritual once said that we are still alive as long as someone remembers us.... who was that?

Upon searching, I find that the sentiment has been claimed by very many! https://duckduckgo.com/?q=we+are+still+alive+as+long+as+someone+remembers+us&atb=v339-1&ia=web

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kitten seeking answers's avatar

💝can still feel my loved ones around me every day💝

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Marta Staszak's avatar

❤️❤️❤️ Thank you.

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Leo's avatar

Lovely, thanks !

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Norm Lee's avatar

Beautiful story.

I am into Substack because of the vaccine adverse effect reports and stories that the mainstream media are not covering. It's just so nice and refreshing to have read this.

Thank you.

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Frances Leader's avatar

You and me, both, Norm Lee!

However, recently I have taken a lot of time off from the serious stuff and explored my imagination and memory. I have been writing 2 books simultaneously. One is an autobiography which will probably draw on this story about my departed furry friends eventually, but not for some time yet. The autobiography is published every Sunday morning under the title Sunday In Memory Lane and I have reached Episode 14, but am only just finishing 1976 chronologically. It may turn out to be an epic work!

The other is a fictional story about a young social influencer woman called Lymp Duhdashian who gets initiated into conspiracy facts and concern for the world by an older more experienced man. I manage to slip some pretty outrageous reality checks into that, so watch out for it. I am now preparing Episode 18, hoping to publish it tomorrow.

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Barbara Sinclair's avatar

Frances, your heart is always so present in everything you write. Especially your stories about your animals. I savored this one. I miss having a dog so much. Thx for sharing. xo

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Dawn's avatar

Well done! As an animal lover all my life I can greatly appreciate what you have shared.

Thank you and cherish those memories!

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Visceral Adventure's avatar

What an incredible journey. No, they sure don’t live long enough. Thanks for the moving essay.

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Frances Leader's avatar

You must be doing something special to make your animals live so long! What do you think is the secret?

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