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Feb 1Liked by Karena, Dekera Greene Rodriguez

Karena - I loved seeing it twice!! Dekera is worthy of that!

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Thanks James! @Dekera is worthy of many call outs

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❤️🙏🏾❤️ I appreciate you. Thank you again for sharing my work, Karena.

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Your writing is gentle yet real, Dekera. And I hope many new readers will also find it enjoyable, informative and meaningful.

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❤️🙏🏾 Thank you, Karena.

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You are too kind! Thank you so much, James.

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Feb 2Liked by Karena, Dekera Greene Rodriguez

Sure thing. I meant it!

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Oct 9Liked by Dekera Greene Rodriguez, Karena de Souza

Why are our mothers' stories somehow more interesting than ours? I always feel this nostalgia for a time I never experienced, nor, a place I've ever seen, and I felt this here. Thank you for sharing your mother's stories and memories.

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I think it is the glint in their eye .. like entree into a private world that they have a chance to share with us for a moment!

Thank you for your comment, Scholar.

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Oct 10Liked by Dekera Greene Rodriguez

Eloquently said! Entree into a private world is the perfect way to explain it :)

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Feb 2Liked by Karena, Dekera Greene Rodriguez

What a dream to read the voices of two writers I admire in one post. I loved all of it, especially: “The boundaries I established with my story reclamation disables the old, worn story of self-sacrifice.” Thank you both for breaking old myths, but also being the stuff of myths.

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Wow. What a beautiful way to phrase this compliment. Thanks Alissa.

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❤️🙏🏾 Thank you, Alissa.

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This issue made me feel very warm inside. That's the best way I can describe it.

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