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C. Johnson's avatar

Jen, once again your insights are such a soothing balm and an inspiration at the same time!

Thank you so much for being so fully, openly yourself and sharing that self with all of us. xoxo Cat

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Jennifer Louden's avatar

hug you in May!! thank you for reading, means the world.

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Nathalie Lussier's avatar

Ahh, thank you for sharing this and cutting through the illusions we all hold as a shield to protect ourselves from what we think might happen.

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Jennifer Louden's avatar

did it make sense?? i wasn't sure I nailed it.

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Nathalie Lussier's avatar

Yes, it makes total sense! I think we'll likely need to hear it a few dozen different ways, because it's so deep though and hard to remember/live it :)

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Jennifer Louden's avatar

oh yes, I've already forgotten 27 times since I published the piece.

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Cherie Lee's avatar

Loved this, Jennifer! I am doing the War & Peace slow-read too, my first time reading it. It has been wonderful. And I checked out the Hip Hop-Eration trailer and figured out where I can stream it this weekend!

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Jennifer Louden's avatar

tell me what you think after you watch it! And I messed up and read a chapter today - which means tomorrow morning will be a sad one :(

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Cherie Lee's avatar

😂 You can always re-read the chapter tomorrow so you have extra insight to add to the chat!

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Jennifer Louden's avatar

👍🏽❤️

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Martha Bilski's avatar

Also, I loved war and peace. my father gave it to me in college and i fast read it. maybe slow reading would be a new experience. your slow reading group sounds amazing.

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Jennifer Louden's avatar

join Simon next year, it's the best! or join us now - we just finished book 1.

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Martha Bilski's avatar

Love this. i need this in my life right now and maybe i should learn to surf.

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Jennifer Louden's avatar

but i love it for you!

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Jennifer Louden's avatar

that would be terrifying for me. my sister in law is an amazing surfer, wins competitions at 60!

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Donna McArthur's avatar

An amazing, inspiring and generally fabulous (I ran out of adjectives😀) piece! I can't wait to see this movie, hopefully it will be streamed as I live in a rural area with no theatre. I love that you compared War & Peace and hiphop. Thank you Jen!

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Rebecca W's avatar

Oh Jen, that last bit in bold just made me gasp, clutch my chest and start weeping (healthy, letting-go tears). Thank you so much for writing and sharing that.

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Laura K Bray's avatar

An inspiring piece as always. I'm off to look for that movie now. Question-Do you think movies about older people have gotten less 'cute' or are they same but we seeing it through a different lens, now that we are creeping closer to that age? Or maybe there are more older people making the moves so there's a different perspective? It's no longer a young producer pointing and saying, "look how cute that is!" but rather a mature producer saying "It's not too late."

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