Breathing, walking, having real hair.
Just look at us.
~ Rachel Khong, Goodbye, Vitamin: A Novel
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🙂 oh the joy…. I feel for you and the lack of hair! You have plenty qualities to make up for ‘this’
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Laughing. I’m glad you think so.
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I finish my sentence: …. deficiency. Sent it while thinking of the proper translation for Manko/manque.
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All these problems that can be ascribed to Brilliant friends who speak / understand multiple languages. (When this/my tongue can only manage to wrap his around 1)
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You’re too kind – I’m quite sure you’re very good at making money with YOUR craft & knowledge. We have just different talents!
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amazing ,isn’t it?
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Miracle. All of it.
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What have we got to complain about??!! Happy Friday Mr K 💕💚
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Not a lot (to complain about). Except you calling me Mr – could I possibly be so so many years older than you!!!!
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No ha!! 😝 I have no idea why I call you Mr? I will just call you boy from now on 😉
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So much better!
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Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
Awesome … ‘Just look at us.’ Rachel Khong, Goodbye, Vitamin: A Novel …
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Why does this photo and excerpt seem so bleak to me? …then I feel empathy for all the women whose lives are curtailed and ruled by religious and cultural laws. Signed, Debbie Downer
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Bleak!?!?! OMG. Let me send you some positive juju over the wires!
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Those look like sandhills (which I love to see flying over). I suppose I would agree with Valerie that the photo seems bleak, but the fact that these cranes are in it makes it a happy trigger for beautiful memories for me.
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Bleak???!!!!!! Are we looking at the same image?! But, yes, agree, Cranes are amazing…
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Yes, bleak, except for the cranes and possibly the person. Not a blade of grass in sight.
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And the hair thing is more important for women, but I don’t mind baldness on a man at all. Is the real hair quote a reference to cancer and chemo treatments? In that case I understand why it is significant, but still – it’s only hair.
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No, no reference to chemo. A passage in book with she was self-reflecting and with a shot of gratitude.
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Yes, but where does that leave people who have thin or little hair? Depends whom she’s comparing with. It’s a bit vain if she’s comparing her hair status with that of others. If she’s comparing to herself, hairless in the past, then okay, be overjoyed.
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Leave people with thin hair? Right here on my head!
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It’s what’s on the inside that’s more important. I remember one of our guests gasping when another (good-looking) guest took his cap off and she saw that he was bald. Disappointed in her, I shook my head and thought, “How shallow you are.”
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Agree!
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Yet, now I stare a picture and re-read the quote, I can see the connection with cancer (there was not but I see it now). Genius, you are Anneli.
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Gee thanks, DK. I’ll go tell the Captain right away. 😉
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Go. Now!
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Must admit, I saw someone recovering after chemo and living beyond cancer in this post. Not depressing, Its just so darn good to be alive. Nothing more. Nothing less. 🙏
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That’s it Val….
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Gosh, am I THAT shallow? Or just naïve? Or both? I never thought of cancer and loosing one’s hair although I should know better….. God, now I don’t like that photo any more…. and I’m sad for not having seen further than just the simple, maybe even a bit nostalgic beauty.
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I never thought of cancer either. And then…
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snowballing – we’re drowning! Or Eternal Optimists
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Right! The alternative ain’t pretty.
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