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Dec 8, 2023Liked by courtney summers

Sending love to you as you struggle with this. I’ve been dealing with something like this since 2020, and I’m still not sure when I’ll emerge. Fingers crossed 💛💛

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Dec 6, 2023Liked by courtney summers

Life changes people, shapes us by what we go through, what we learn. I am not the same person I was a trauma ago, or the trauma before that, or before that. Writing grows and evolves and reflects, and that's okay. Although in terms of being a writer I am a nobody, I did once write and I also went through this. It's so shattering and sad. Inside I am still a writer, words have a power over me and I love to weave them. But I haven't written for a very long time. And that's okay, I'm allowing myself this, no pressure, when it begins again it will.

I'm sorry you're going through this. I hope that you will find peace with it and see this as just tiny fractured moment of something much bigger. It's not forever. Indeed: how could you not. 💖

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Dec 6, 2023Liked by courtney summers

I went through this recently as well, so I understand this pain! But the eventual rediscovery feels really, really great. Hoping your words flood back, and I'm always excited to read them 💜💜

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My favorite quote from the Max Payne series was from the first game, which is set around Christmas: “I don’t know about Angels, but it’s fear that gives men wings.”

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