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Mar 25, 2022Liked by lauren deborah | she/they 🌈🐆

This has sprung so many memories!! My brother bought me a bundle of Steps singles on eBay in the 00s when I was too young to use the website and it was sooo exciting waiting for them to arrive. I opened them up and in some of the booklets there were dance moves (still can't find the coordination to do them, lol) and pictures I'd never seen before. I feel the excitement your CDs will bring other people who open them up for the first time!! Also, your 'But here I am.' paragraph is just sublime. I teared up. It should be read as a WoW! ❤️✨☀️

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Ahhhh Lucy thank you so so much for sharing this. I love that I stirred up this amazing memory for you and feel so lucky to hear it, you rock! xo

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Mar 25, 2022Liked by lauren deborah | she/they 🌈🐆

Ahhh thanks so much for the shout out. Can totally relate to letting go of things that you didn't expect to let go of - just had a mega purge in the name of spring cleaning and said goodbye to so much stuff I thought I wanted

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it feels so weird, hey? like heart breaking but for the best and also amazing and light? haha

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Mar 26, 2022Liked by lauren deborah | she/they 🌈🐆

You are doing what my friend Gaby calls STRIPPING OUT - love it and am inspired x

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Thank you for this!! I officially packed my bags today. 8 years into 4 bags. It is wild. I so appreciate you commenting! Needed this little boost! xx

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Mar 28, 2022Liked by lauren deborah | she/they 🌈🐆

Gifting your folks with CDs...honestly did not see that coming. I read this after you sold the rest this weekend, was going to say I was in a similar purging quandary and saved them all on a thumb drive for car and laptop. Couldn’t quite let the old tunes go. Kudos to you for letting go!

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Thank you!!! It has not been easy, but also it has been so so easy at the same time. Does that make sense?

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