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You are beautiful in every way. Rest and you’ll feel better. (Second shingles shot did that to me last September.) Just keep being you. (My dear older brother used to close serious conversations with that admonition in the last years before he passed. I miss him. Sincere use of the admonition is a special way to honor his memory.) Keep writing your Letter to America without paying close attention to the numbers of us who follow you and glean such invigorating inspiration from you. We might disturb your focus or somehow cause a feeling of energy drawn out, because you’d feel responsibility and it could clog the gears. You are a phenomenon. A national treasure, I recall someone posting. Take good care, for yourself and your loved ones. We are in historic times and your daily log and context illuminates for us now, and for generations to come. We are ever grateful.

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Well said... and I'm going to take your brother's words for those I love as well. Thank you for that.

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Gosh, you’re welcome, Peggy. Very special. Thank you.

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Shingles shot got me too. Covid vaccine did not. Yes carry on.

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Me too. I took my BIL's advice (he's a doc) and took an aspirin before both shots...had only a sore arm for a few days. But that second shingles shot was a tough one.

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Same here.

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Illuminate - incorrect verb form - nit sure if edit function is available.

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It's not. It's one of the apparently unfixable bad features of Substack.

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Thank you! My “nit” brought a laugh! Ha!

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I found that a reply can be highlighted, copied and deleted.

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Perfect! Thank you! Then you paste elsewhere, edit, then go back and paste new version! Thank you!😊

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