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debbie slevin's avatar

This hits the nail on the head! If only we could go back and mother and redirect ourselves the way we mothered everyone else. Such a thought-provoking piece. Thank you.

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Sara Stansberry's avatar

Thank you, Debbie!

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Cindi Acree Hamann's avatar

Very good reflection of how we can lose our self in the process of caring for others.

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Sara Stansberry's avatar

❤️

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April Daniels's avatar

Sara, I love this post so much! What a compassionate, poignant post! LOVE THIS!

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Sara Stansberry's avatar

Thanks, April!

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Jess Greenwood's avatar

This is such a powerful exercise for all of us to do with the selves we were even six months ago or a year ago. To be the voice inside our own heads that keeps us reaching for the next phase and learning from the us we aren't quite yet. Such a beautiful relationship.

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Sara Stansberry's avatar

Yes!🙌🏼 Thanks, Jess!

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Andrea Hoffmann's avatar

This is fabulous, Sara, and gives me pause to think of that girl I once was, too…

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Sara Stansberry's avatar

So important to love the past versions of yourself. ❤️ Thanks, Andrea!

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Lori Bickel's avatar

I LOVE this! Beautiful!

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Sara Stansberry's avatar

Thank you, Lori!

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Janet Pfeffer's avatar

Fantastic! Such profound insight and a beautiful invitation for all of to write into our pasts and into our futures. A blessing Sara. Thanks

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Sara Stansberry's avatar

I appreciate this, Janet. Thank you!

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Alexander Verbeek's avatar

Brilliant! Thanks Sara; many readers will soon meet younger versions of themselves for a coffee; I know I will.

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Sara Stansberry's avatar

Thank you, Alexander. 🙏

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