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Sep 12Liked by Rachel Leeke

I'm always amazed when people are able to shift gears so quickly, I can't. It does look like a beautiful day though. Hope all was worked out!

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Right! The ability to just drop everything and move on is lost on me 😅. I feel my super power is resonance and that has its strengths and weaknesses.

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Sep 12Liked by Rachel Leeke

That sounds like a pretty great superpower actually!

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Thanks for the perspective shift

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Sep 12Liked by Rachel Leeke

So sorry your day was tainted. The US Open is on my bucket list so maybe I’ll be there next year.

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Hopefully I am too lol. Thanks for reading!

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the “hopefully” doesn’t sound so hopeful.

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Hahahaha I never know where I’ll be months from now. Might not be on the east coast next summer but if I am I’ll try to get a redo.

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“Are any places tainted to you due to an emotional experience had there?”

I won’t say tainted but places my ex and i went always brings back memories that almost make me teary. Man! i experienced peak love, only wish it was still here.

“What remains on your summer to-do list?”

mine is going on a train with no destination in mind. Just want to wander away.

“Have you been to any professional sports championship game?”

no. But i’ll love to. I’m thinking of going to see a toronto raptors game since they’re the closest basketball team to where i live. The only challenge is the team stinks right now!

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Wow to experience peak love - what a thought.

Train wandering sounds amazing. Not quite the same but I have a bucket list desire to take a cross country train, either in the US or Canada and watch all the landscapes and greenery pass me by.

Hahaha I understand sucky sports teams. There’s a Jets fan in my family 🤫. Maybe go when they play someone like LeBron or Ant Man? That makes for at least an entertaining experience.

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true that! you’ve given me an idea. To go when a star player is going to be in town.

i might actually be love struck. I swore i’m never love struck by anyone but if i see steph curry in the arena, i might actually lose it screaming! 🥹🥹

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lol I want to see him and Lebron play before they retire. He completely changed the 3 point game.

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yooo!! are you tryna get the world to tear up?

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cross country train is a wild ride! epic!!

the wandering will hit different. Gosh!

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for peak love, Rachel, sometimes i don’t know if i’ll be able to replicate that amount of love again.

😞

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I understand and trust you will when the time comes that your depth will be reciprocated.

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Sep 12Liked by Rachel Leeke

I commend your honesty. It’s refreshing to see a human on social.

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yooo! i can’t believe she actually wrote that shocking piece. I think more people need to see it.

Like i was really expecting a happy ending story but we forget sometimes even the unpleasant happenings are the happy ending too.

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Sep 12Liked by Rachel Leeke

I’d say a place that’s a bit tainted now are amusement parks. I loved them as a young youth, present day I keep a healthy distance from self induced terror and intentional g forces. (aside from my car rides.)

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Big exception on the car rides! 😂

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Not Apple flavored vodka lol

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It was a different time 😣 I’ve learned 😂

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Oop kept reading. I’m sorry for this experience(s) and thank you for telling your story

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Thanks even more for reading 😊

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The way I was on the edge of my seat reading this. Your words are so powerful and descriptive. Now I’m sitting in a breakfast cafe alone self reflecting lol

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Thank you my friend.

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You had me cracking up at the vodka part but then once I kept reading, I was like, "oh nooo"! I am so sorry about your experience but thank you & I deeply appreciate your storytelling!

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That night was a wild ride. Feel free to laugh at my pain lol.

Thanks for reading!

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