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I'm so proud of you! It's fun to see you writing with 2 year old Hayden in your lap and how you've pushed onward. You've not given up as life has been happening through the years. I love that you had a creative vision and acted on it.

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I wouldn't be here without you. Wouldn't have kept going if you hadn't believed in me from the start. It means everything!

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A painting worth 88,900 words! The way you write and how the spreadsheet just made it so REAL, that the words truly poured out of you even at inconvenient times (funny how that works). Words that seemed to come straight from your soul. I can feel the passion through the screen and it's so inspirational. I want to know what happens next and I want to read the novel!

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Thank you so much Kristin! Your support means so much to me! ✨

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Wow! This is amazing so far, I can’t wait to here more. I can’t believe it was five years ago that you started writing your book! Me and the boys were so little! You have worked so hard!😁

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Thank you sweetie!! You really were so little!!

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What a ride!!! Here for all of it 🙌🏼

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Issabout to get bumpy!

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“And then I finally got that hum, way down deep, in my bones.”

Beautiful narration, Kristine. A delicate, intimate remembering of such an important moment. You help make a singular moment for you feel so possible for me, like sharing your moment so I may share in it, too. Thank you. As I am writing, this warms the fire. I’m so glad you are writing.

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Thank you, C.I. For your encouragement and for engaging with my work! I'm so glad you are writing, too. We need more of your words!

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Welllll 😭 re-living this again has me in goosebumps. I remember so much of this and yet some things I’m reading are new and exciting and I feel both inspired and insanely proud to have been privy to it. Love you!

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From the beginning, you were there. Listening to me give voice to a crazy idea and championing me from get-go. I'm here because you've been on my team! Love you too!

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"and then I finally got that hum, way down deep, in my bones." Ahhh! I remember when you began sharing samplings of this, just when you were making the change from readership to writership online. It's fascinating to see some of those early glimpses linked here. I'm so glad you documented, especially the foundations of what called you on those early mornings! 🖤

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I love that you remember those days and are still here, with all of your encouragement, still. Thankful for you!

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🖤🖤🖤

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This is so beautiful! The way you write moves me so much I never know if I want to quit entirely or grab a pen myself! 😍😍😍 love reliving this magic with you and so proud of you and your journey!

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I hope you always grab the pen. Always. Thank you!!!

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