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Kimberly Paulk's avatar

Thanks for sharing! Learned some new things about you. I love you my friend! I can see how your suffering has been used for good. You are a blessing! Your experiences are a blessing.

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Chelsey Crouch's avatar

Thanks for reading 🩷

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Meg Williams's avatar

So many people did not have a pick-a-new-hobby year that year, and sharing your story is what sometimes people need to hear. We need to remember the humanness of that time, not just wrangle about power struggles and blow it off.

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Chelsey Crouch's avatar

You’re very right. I don’t mind all the memes at all, but no one was making memes about the other side of it!

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Meg Williams's avatar

Yeah I thought the memes were a good way for many to cope bc the isolation and unknowns were scary. But it frustrates me to look back now and see how our societal isolation kept us from compassion.

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Chelsey Crouch's avatar

I had a friend who was single at the time and we sent each other messages basically wishing for the others’ existence… she was dying from being home alone and all I wanted was to be alone 😂 The grass is always greener :)

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Meg Williams's avatar

Ha! I think about this a lot with my house crammed full of people full time!😆

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Julie Brenan's avatar

Oh, Chelsey, I am sobbing. Thank you for your willingness to share this, your raw honesty. I’m with Meredith, I wish I would have been able to help. I am so very thankful for you. ❤️

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Chelsey Crouch's avatar

Grateful for your support in all its forms 🩷

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Meredith Harvey's avatar

Oh, friend. Yes, I WOULD have come to your rescue had you been in Columbia. And I missed you (still do) and the boys missed your boys terribly. My heart breaks reading your struggle because - been there, done that, as you well know. I’m so glad the Lord brought healing and restoration. He gently leads those with young. 2020 wasn’t terrible for me, but I have had years like yours. And He has restored what the locusts have eaten. PTL, am I right? 🤣😜🐙

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Chelsey Crouch's avatar

Thank you for reading 🩷

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