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Oct 16, 2023Liked by Bess Kalb

i kinda wish i could dm you to thank you for this, because i 1,000% don’t wish to start a conversation with anyone else about what i’m about to write, but i just want to say: i am also eating, weeping, spending, deleting social media, jewish, clutching my children for dear life because i am terrified that the nightmares of my childhood are actually coming true and we will be taken from our beds and exterminated, and also deeply hurt that this humanitarian crisis has been is so politicized from the outset. anyway, hope your day is great! πŸ˜‘

in all seriousness, thank you for writing. it helps. you help. and i know where to find $100 chapstick if you need.

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Boy, howdy....πŸ’”

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As a clinical psychologist with the same training (not a therapist, but I am the child of a therapist), i’ve shared this post with all of my patients (friends, family). it added a little light to these heavy, awful times. thank you for sharing your writing.

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Such a public service. What a kind person and great American you are. I know you don't write these things to fish for fact-based compliments, but it's the truth. I especially appreciate the nudge to donate to suffering civilians and especially children on both sides.

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This is amazing - funny and painful and empathetic and true. Thank you.

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