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Skylar Brown's avatar

This was honestly so beautiful! I have this feeling too sometimes and I love to know I'm not alone in it. One time I was at a neighbourhood bar with a friend and this old man came in and ordered a hot chocolate and sat there at the bar reading his book😭 I genuinely felt love for him in that moment

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Sarah Kmiecik's avatar

oh my gosh not hot chocolate! I would've lost it 😭 It's so good to hear you have felt the same way - how are people so cute

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nico's avatar

"We forget that we all love ice cream." i'm crying. thank you for this, i loved reading it

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Sarah Kmiecik's avatar

ahh thank you so much for reading 🥹🍦ice cream cheers <3

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Ellery Frost's avatar

I was just talking with a friend about how seeing elderly people eat alone makes us ache — thank you for writing this beautiful piece

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Sarah Kmiecik's avatar

🥹thank you for reading Ellery! I totally agree, there's something about it.

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Sol ☼'s avatar

Ahh there is so much to this. Really, if we allowed our first reaction to others to be curiosity instead of anger, irritation, etc, how much better would the world be? I loved all of this

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Sarah Kmiecik's avatar

seriously!! I know I sometimes fall into the pattern of being annoyed at people in general, but really, if we just let that go for a minute....

thank you for reading I appreciate it so much 🩷

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girl next-next door's avatar

what a sentimental read <3 i want ice cream

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Sarah Kmiecik's avatar

ahhh thank you for reading and for the comment, I appreciate it so much 🩷 lets go get ice cream!!

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greek salad's avatar

I relate to this so much. I saw a grandpa once just walking on the road and burst into tears. There's something I can't quite put my finger on, a mix of nostaliga and empathy and seeing someone sweetly and naively, I don't know how to explain it. I loved this post so much! Thanks for sharing it with me.

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Sarah Kmiecik's avatar

exactlyyyy it's a weird type of nostalgia! thank you for reading :) glad to hear you enjoyed!

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Sophie Rey's avatar

Sarah I saw a man drinking a slushie on a bench and lost it - can relate x1000!!! Great read !!!

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Sarah Kmiecik's avatar

you know 😭😭😭

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