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Jenny Hammerton's avatar

Feeling grateful to have 2 real life Laurens in my life and am now on HIGH ALERT for others!

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lauren deborah | they/she πŸŒˆπŸ†'s avatar

GATHER THE LAURENS! We are going on an adventure!

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Lauren McMenemy's avatar

Love you, lovely LD! Being part of the LaurenationTM is my absolute honour and pleasure and I have never known anything like it. Always listen to the Laurens.

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Jenny Hammerton's avatar

This cracked me up! Always listen to the Laurens indeed x

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lauren deborah | they/she πŸŒˆπŸ†'s avatar

hahaha yesss πŸ‘€πŸ‘€πŸ‘€πŸ‘€

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lauren deborah | they/she πŸŒˆπŸ†'s avatar

🧑🧑🧑🧑🧑🧑 LOVE YOU! 🧑🧑🧑🧑🧑🧑

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Lucy Farrington-Smith's avatar

So lovely and meditative to hear you voice this piece! ❀️

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lauren deborah | they/she πŸŒˆπŸ†'s avatar

Thank you! I think I sound v shy (because that is how I felt haha) but I appreciate this lovely comment. This new feature has been so lovely, all week I have been listening to all my favourite substacks in the authors' voices and it is lovely.

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Tracy O’Brien's avatar

Wonderful, I’m so glad you have found your Lauren’s ❀️

Marvellous to hear your voice reading this.

So sorry to read that you are scared of crows, we have ravens/rooks all over the island and they are fast becoming my guide animal

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lauren deborah | they/she πŸŒˆπŸ†'s avatar

I am slowly but surely trying to think of those, of which there have been a few now, that see them as good company. The fear is slowly, slowly, slowly shrinking. They are everywhere in Vancouver and they aren't often nice haha.

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Nessa Chileshe's avatar

Ah, I have so much love for you! So special to be able to read your words and listen to you reading it. Always such a pleasure to read them and I gotta say there is definitely a trend about Laurens now that you mention it! Xo

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lauren deborah | they/she πŸŒˆπŸ†'s avatar

Laurens! Laurens everywhere you go!

So so so much love right back at you my wonderful friend xoxo

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GenderMeowster (they/them)'s avatar

The recording was magnificent! What a treat.

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lauren deborah | they/she πŸŒˆπŸ†'s avatar

Ahhh thank you for this! I was a little nervous about it and I think I sound so shy, I hope as I get on I will bring more Lauren oomph in! I so appreciate this 🧑

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Louise Coghlan's avatar

Fabulous Lauren πŸ’– straight from the heart! As always πŸ₯³πŸ’πŸ₯° I love Lauren’s myself! You included of course & a small version aged 8 is pretty deadly too! 😍They are officially the best name πŸ’– L for Love, L for Light, L for the good stuff! πŸ’– Beautiful writing as always LD & keep pushing in those doors πŸšͺ πŸ₯³πŸ₯°πŸšͺ

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lauren deborah | they/she πŸŒˆπŸ†'s avatar

Thank you so much fellow L! Lots of love to you.

P.S. I saw that substack rolled out this new audio feature for the voiceover, then was *TOTALLY INSPIRED* when I saw you use it with your own voice. So thank you for being a trendsetter! xo

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II's avatar

β€œ The longer I am on this earth, the less time I have for fleeting friendships that were always based on what I could do for that person, and the more time I want to give to the ones that are of mutual love and support with people I admire.

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I feel this deeply. Cheers to your Laurens

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lauren deborah | they/she πŸŒˆπŸ†'s avatar

Thank you so much. I love the friendships I have in my life now, the ones that are all about balance. I feel so very blessed to know this is what I want now and it have it in abundance xo

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