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I have found my power—reminds me of when my ex, the big ex, the big bad ex, broke up with me for someone shiny and new after ~seven years of a relationship that I thought might be The One. That I had told my grandmother was The One before she passed. Turns out The One found an upgrade.

Anyways that ex had seen a video of the flurry of angsty songs I'd written post breakup, had seen how someone she looked up to commented on it, how it was finding a slightly wider audience than normal, was maybe doubting her upgrade choices, and texted me "are you evolving"

Nope. No. And No. My power has been constant and present since the primordial. I have crowed at the dawn since my lungs learned to sound. I have found my power and it was within me and everpresent—burning, sputtering and ember-bright.

Thank you for the reminder Amanda

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It always upsets me when I see people give up on other people because they don't understand them. I am sorry for when it happens to you. I feel lucky every day not to be a public figure and not to be on social media.

What I am is an old lady, a mother, and a grandmother. I can tell you, but you already know, that being a mother only adds to who you are, broadens and deepens your heart and over time enriches your imagination.

In a creative life we are playing the long game. Some years we invest differently in various strands of our lives. When we look back we can see how the fabric was woven of these strands. You are right to have faith that the current that runs below and within is what carries through in the long term.

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