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Of course I noticed, silly! Glad to see you back on these pages but because we are so close now, I don't want you to hurry anymore :)

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I'm trying my friend. Oh, life is so busy these days. Hopefully in the new year it'll slow a bit. Thanks for noticing. I'm hurrying, a little more than I should.

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As I've told you before, since we are almost at the end of this journey I don't want you to hurry. In fact, I'd like you to drag it out as long as possible haha

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Oh Jenny, I think I'm busted! Thanks for filling us in on the challenges that you are facing, you and the family live a very 'real' life very close to the bone! Your resilience is very admirable and is certainly a guiding light for your kiddos!

As for Misty's story, I never would have predicted anything like where it has gone in this chapter and boy am I glad! It is unfolding with an intimacy that is unique to anything I've seen within the genres that you are crossing! Not that I'm any authority of course.

And I will be bold enough to say that I relate in some small way to the closed off condition that Misty finds herself in... fearing to show your true self to anyone, especially those you are supposed to be close to. Afraid of being misunderstood catastrophicly... although certainly not on the same scale as this fictional account. But enough of that, you dazzle me and make me anxious for what is to come! Be well as always!

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Yes, Frank, busted! I did get your email, but my inbox is bursting, I'll get to it sometime, hopefully. This time of year is challenging, even when everything runs smoothly. Which it hasn't--at all, but getting better now at last. Farming isn't easy, but it is rewarding, in many uncountable ways. As for the story... I'm so glad I can still surprise you. Intimacy was the original idea here too, though I'm not sure it's the direction it's going to take now. We just aren't there yet. As for relating... I relate as well. I was *that* closed off at one point. Probably when I wrote this too. Which is why the process of sharing it has been so terrifying. Those who know me well will recognize clearly that they don't know this side of me. I'm sharing a part of myself that's been hidden for my entire life. In some ways you readers know me on a more intimate level than my own family. But then again, this is only one aspect of my personality hey? Anyway... Be dazzled. It brings me joy to know that. And keep well yourself, friend. Sorry I neglected to reply last week. Busy, as usual.

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