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Mar 31, 2021Liked by Courtney Martin

This is beautiful. My 6 year old also stepped into a school building for the first time on Monday. I really wish I was in a society where all the parents paused and stood in a circle outside the school and had some kind of ritual to mark this momentous occasion and all that has shifted since we were last there.

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Thanks for naming how it feels to have shifted, to be shifting. For making me cry again with your brilliant talent.

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Mar 31, 2021Liked by Courtney Martin

And once again you have given voice to the something that's been stirring inside me that I have not been able to articulate. Thank you.

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Apr 1, 2021Liked by Courtney Martin

Perfect! Thank you.

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Apr 1, 2021Liked by Courtney Martin

I’m so moved. Thank you for this reminder to stamp this moment. To collect and remember the hard earned wisdom of this time. Others on the comment board have said it so well. You nailed it.

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Apr 1, 2021Liked by Courtney Martin

I shared this post with many, your writing is exquisite and moves me to tears.

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Mar 31, 2021Liked by Courtney Martin

I wish I could fit this in my wallet. Simply magnificent. Thank you for sharing your words.

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Mar 31, 2021Liked by Courtney Martin

Just love this.

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Mar 31, 2021Liked by Courtney Martin

I am receiving your blessing. Thank you.

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Mar 31, 2021Liked by Courtney Martin

Once again, you’ve nailed “it.” Thank you for sharing the gift of your amazingly incisive writing. ❤️

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Perhaps in some beautiful awful way, our shared experience of the pandemic will give birth to empathy. Communities need a shared narrative so we can see ourselves in others. And narrative drives policy -- what will guide our civic priorities.

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Deep bows all around

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Mar 31, 2021Liked by Courtney Martin

This was so powerful to me. It's important to mark time. And it makes it easier to move on. Thank you

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Mar 31, 2021Liked by Courtney Martin

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this.

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Mar 31, 2021Liked by Courtney Martin

beautiful. thank you for acknowledging the elephant in the room too. keep shining that light!

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Mar 31, 2021Liked by Courtney Martin

Your mother love and wisdom shines in each of your posts. I love sharing it with my grown daughter and her growing son. Thank you again.

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