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Sep 8·edited Sep 8Liked by Ethaney Lee

Your love letter is a beautiful reflection on growth! I adore how you've intertwined your life’s journey with the thriving of your plant. I've featured your piece in Sunday Scroll, as it'll resonate deeply with my readers!

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Sep 6Liked by Ethaney Lee

this was such a thoughtful and beautiful read. you've captured the feeling perfectly—of the bittersweetness of growing up and getting older, through a (much beloved) fiddle fig tree. and the metaphor is perfect. it's strange to look back on your life retrospectively, especially when you look back on the person you were even a few months ago. i've been doing that a lot, looking back on how much i've changed and worrying that it's been too little or too much. but your piece truly just resonated with and comforted me, that the "most surprising type of growth" is "a quietly magnificent transformation." thank you so much for this post <3

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Sep 8Liked by Ethaney Lee

beautiful read and what a lovely way to approach the topic of personal growth <3

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Sep 8Liked by Ethaney Lee

I always adore you and your words Ethaney <33

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