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Jessica White's avatar

The amount of times I screenshotted bits of this. WOW!

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Ella Luke's avatar

same same same

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Abigail Merritt's avatar

Sobbing Eli this is amazing

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Kirstyn's avatar

Absolutely stunning and simple way to capture the most enriching relationships we’ll have in this lifetime

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Paulawignall's avatar

This is one of the first Substack pieces I’ve read completely and it’s awestrucking.

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Renata's avatar

This is so deeply special and I teared up several times while reading. 💖

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Allison's avatar

Sure has heck made sense to me. Poetry finds its audience 🤍 This hit me so hard and made me feel all the girlhood things — thinking of friends present and past. Thanks for sharing xx

Ps I MISS MT POLLY POCKET 😭😭😭

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Frannie's avatar

WOW I am OBSESSED with this.

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Ella Luke's avatar

oh god. i am EMOTIONAL!!!!!!!! i am nostalgic and hopeful and sad. i am almost dialing all of the girls i swapped secrets with in the dark when words felt less heavy and secrets felt like confetti: sprinkled in special delight on those you love. i don’t know where these girls are now. i have found new people, new secret holders, new hearts to hold as we make our way down the path together. and maybe one day we WILL lose each other. but for now we are here. thank you eli! this was wonderful.

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Mercedes's avatar

I'm so late to this, but wow Eli this is so beautiful!!! crying

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Tyagarajan S's avatar

All of these sentences make absolute sense!

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Alicen Grey's avatar

What a beautiful tribute to female friendship <3 I know these feelings all too well.

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Meg's avatar

Wow. This is powerful. How I love being a woman✨

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Caroline's avatar

you’ve really done it this time😭😭 crying in my bed before work,, thank you for articulating the magic of female friendship so well. omw to tell my best friend i love her.

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