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Isabella Nesheiwat's avatar

Bradley, thank you for sharing this with us. I, for one, am so happy you're here and that you continued to create your art. You inspire so many people, especially me, to keep going, to keep creating, and to continue to stay. Love ya, bestie ❤️‍🩹

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Bradley Ramsey's avatar

I appreciate you reading it, I know it's a tough piece. As I said in the story, we writers create art that will change someone's life that we've never met. We owe it to them, and to ourselves, to create and to keep going, especially when things get hard. I learned that myself, and it's my hope that this story can comfort others that have been in that place.

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Isabella Nesheiwat's avatar

Exactly! I shared with you my favorite quote about writing, "I write to see myself/To set the darkness echoing", and you have really lived up to that with this piece. It is a hard topic, but you approached it so beautifully and respectfully, with a heart full of wisdom and experience that shines through. It is deeply, deeply resonant.

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Wild K. Nebula's avatar

This was a beautiful piece Bradley. Thank you for sharing and for choosing your future. Because you did I get to have a new best friend 🫶

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Bradley Ramsey's avatar

That's incredibly sweet of you to say, and I appreciate it more than you know. I'm glad I did, too, because I have made some incredible friends (yourself included, of course). Thank you for reading it!

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Jake's avatar

“You’re happy when you let go of the uncertainty. When you stop living in the past, obsessing over the future, and wasting your present" - Beautifully put.

Thoroughly enjoyed this piece!

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Bradley Ramsey's avatar

Thank you, Jake! I’m very proud of it, and I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it!

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D Wade Millet's avatar

I loved it very powerful.

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Bradley Ramsey's avatar

Hey, welcome! Thank you for checking out the new story here, I just subscribed to you!

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V. Walker | Poet's avatar

Bradley, all of writing is vulnerable because we bleed pieces of ourselves into it. But some things are much more raw. This is one of those. Thank you for being vulnerable enough to share with us. And in such a special way. You already changed my life since I met you and it hasn't been that long. You've already been such a great friend to me. Literally contributing to my dreams coming true. To my understanding, I'm good enough to be seen.

Aw shit, I got tears in my eyes. For you and for me. You're an amazing writer and friend. Glad you're here.

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Bradley Ramsey's avatar

These stories that are coming out of this piece are simply incredible. I never expected such a reception to this, or anything else I've published on here. I cannot describe how much I appreciate you sharing, V.

You are an absolutely an incredible writer, a phenomenal poet, and a dear friend. Doesn't matter how long we've known each other, because you've also been vulnerable and shared a piece of your soul with the world every time you hit publish.

I'm glad I'm here, too. ❤️

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