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Smiles mean so much more when you are navigating grief and can find the joy in the world regardless. The joy in sitting in those hard spaces with others because it means they are still here with you in the world.

There is a beauty in being able to sit with and see others pain, pain you know intimately, and have those moments of rawness between each other.

Find those people. Don’t be afraid to be that space for others. Love deeply. For the love of all the vastness in the universe, fucking love deeply.

This human above? I love her dearly and if nothing else came from moving to Vermont except for becoming her friend? 100% worth it.

She is delightful. I wanted to share.