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Day 288: Shared Experiences

(For Tuesday June 10)

Tonight at cook group we spent a lot of it laughing about our shared experiences in pregnancy, labor, and motherhood.  I'm so grateful for people that I have shared experiences with - be it parenting or traveling or reading a book or whatever.  It eases a particular kind of loneliness when I remember that there are others who have experienced similar things. Having a shared experience builds a bridge for relationship to happen on some level - even if the shared experience wasn't great. I think back on all the shared experiences I have had and I am so grateful that I could contact a number of people today and say, "Hey remember when..." and we would instantly be connected again in some way.

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