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Christine Roberts's avatar

It's like a therapy session. Brava.

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Jodi Sh. Doff's avatar

we could all use a little free therapy now and then!

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Jo Weldon's avatar

This is incredible

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Jodi Sh. Doff's avatar

Thanks mama!

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ROCHELLE NEWMAN-CARRASCO's avatar

Riveting, revealing and real. This piece and the others. Grateful to be reading your words and experiencing life through your lens - the dark, the light and the foggy in between

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Jodi Sh. Doff's avatar

ah, so much time spent in the foggy in-between. Thanks, Rochelle.

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Amy W's avatar

Today’s offering is remarkable. Actually all these current essays are. Such deep dives, honesty, humor within strife, well-crafted writing. Bravo and Big Hugs ♥️

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Melissa Huffsmith-Roth's avatar

This is so especially good. I read it twice and also listened to it (you have a great voice!) i want to study how you wove that together!

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Jodi Sh. Doff's avatar

Thank you! I’m so glad to know somebody listens. There’s still a little bit of a learning curve, using audacity, but I put effort into it. And then I make an effort to clean it up. It’s not easy finding a quiet time in this house I have to do it in the middle of the night when everybody’s asleep. I love that you’re one of my readers

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ANTHONY TRIFILIO's avatar

All great writers have one thing in common: courage. You got it in spades Jodi!

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Jodi Sh. Doff's avatar

You say the sweetest things!

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ANTHONY TRIFILIO's avatar

Awwww...I'm verklempt.

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Nan Tepper's avatar

Damn, woman. You just nail it, week after week. Thanks for making me laugh, and think, and remember. "My friend Lyle said, “You don’t get what you deserve, you get what you get. What you do with it is the measure of your character.”

Oh, Werner. I did est at 15. It was something, all right. Burned everything down, and set my parents free. A tough time.

Love you!

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Jodi Sh. Doff's avatar

At 15! Wowza. I don't remember a lot of it, but I remember creating a place in my head, a safe place where you'd bring in someone special. Mine was on a mountain on a beach (it's in my brain, so I could do whatever I wanted) and my special someone was laying on a fireplace mantel, like an elf on a shelf. So weird what we remember.

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Nan Tepper's avatar

I remember that process. That's what they called them. "Processes." It was wild and wacky. I got a big kick out of watching all of the adults freak the fuck out because of the limited bathroom breaks. You think 15 is young? My younger brother did the children's training when he was 11. I see/saw (see-saw is more like it) the value of the work. But the missing piece for me was that it was all very thinky and heady. Not a whole lot of deep work with regard to emotional intelligence.

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