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Emily Levin's avatar

Thank you for this- it is taking me into my evening and my trip home. So lovely, so real. And grands with keys rule. I remember a similar morning when I was a single parent- my dad appeared in the car with the spare car seat, handed me his keys, and said, “ go!” No idea what was so important then, but I remember those keys and the fact he was there, and twenty years later that is all that really matters.💜

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Monica Edwards's avatar

This: “i don’t know what death and dying has to do with mornings, or blessings, except in the way that it has everything to do with both.” What an important thought to carry with me on my solo walk at the forest preserve this morning.

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Billie Oh's avatar

wishing you so much peace as you walk xx

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Mary Lynn Futers's avatar

"most people have people there witnessing their imperfection all the way till the end." wow! gorgeous words; thank you. xo

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Billie Oh's avatar

you're so welcome! thank you for reading.

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Deborah Penner's avatar

Thank you for this. It touches me in my core place as I prepare to out myself this afternoon to my medical team about a virus I've carried in my body for at least 40 years. Odd isnt it how shame keeps us in a web of pain that shows up everywhere we look when the looking begins in earnest.

Thank you.

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Billie Oh's avatar

you are so welcome <3 honored these words were something you could carry with you into such a vulnerable moment.

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Jeannine Ouellette's avatar

Love to you, Deborah. So much love.

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Deborah Penner's avatar

Thank you, Jeannine ~

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Diana Strinati Baur's avatar

This is beautiful. I find your words so assuring, and they make me want to think more about so many things. Warmest love to you Billie 🧡

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Billie Oh's avatar

thank you for reading! and glad the words brought some assurance, writing and sharing them did for me too. warmest love right back atcha, diana <3

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Jeannine Ouellette's avatar

I finally had time to read your essay, honey. It's so beautiful. I hope we can witness each other's imperfections for a long, long time.

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Donna McArthur's avatar

I breathe with you Billie. There is so much to love about this essay, namely its invitation to simply be with you and the woman from your yoga class. It offers me the knowledge that I am not alone and the gorgeous reminder that we can anchor in with a simple breath, thank you.

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Craig Slater's avatar

Beautiful. Thank you Billie.

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TheUltraContemplative's avatar

Thank you for this Billie. Even though I have a meditative practice that I do often, taking the time to breathe, taking the time to be mindful and present is not a given but something I have to be very conscious of—or it’s not going to happen.

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Billie Oh's avatar

thank you Steve!! so grateful to have you here, and to be able to share my very imperfect practice in ways that resonate with you

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Monika Kosmákova 🇨🇦🏔️'s avatar

You get it, Billie. Thank you for sharing your energy with us 💕

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Billie Oh's avatar

thank you for sharing it back!! xx

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Rita Ott Ramstad's avatar

I could feel my breath slowing and my body calming as I read this. Thank you.

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Billie Oh's avatar

i felt my own breath slowing when i wrote it~ amazing how energy can travel through words <3

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Holly Starley's avatar

We all have it. And a lot of us find a way to be there for each other anyway. Truth!

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Billie Oh's avatar

<3

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Nicole Schwartz Navratil's avatar

Thank you, thank you for this gorgeous piece.

Am sending you a DM about yoga. 🩵

Peace, and blessings. Enjoy the cabin.

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Billie Oh's avatar

💛💛

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Teesie Vallero's avatar

Home with Covid this week. Reading this gave perspective to many of the reeling emotions that have been surfacing. Thank you. I can begin again. Right here. Right where I am.

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Billie Oh's avatar

thank you for sharing this! and for beginning again, together. <3

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