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with love, liv's avatar

I first read your essay when it came out last month through email and only just started being active on Substack now, but I am so so surprised not to see more discussion for this. I love the term "Hot Olympics", and I think all of us have been in a room where everyone seemed to care about something you just couldn't quite understand. I love the empathy and understanding you extended to the event here and how you focused on enjoying yourself more. I find that I tend to get lost in my head instead of living in the moment too.

What a good read!! I hope it was wonderful fo you to write too :))

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Charleen N Fike's avatar

I am sure I have attended a few of those events you call the “Hot Olympics”!! Great name for them and I couldn’t get away from them fast enough.

Also, I love the comments from Kurt Vonnegut. We don’t do that often enough!

Great job Evie .

Grandma Charleen

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