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cara alwill's avatar

" I had the same bodily reaction I’m being sold something." - ZARA! I could have WRITTEN THIS. Every fucking word. They sniff out our vulnerability and empathy, we sniff out their bullshit. Ugh.

Great piece.

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Zara Barrie's avatar

Thank you, DARLING. Gah. The ENERGY ATTACKER's days are OVER. They will not get to our girls because you and I will share our stories. Don't fuck with a writer, we'll DESCRIBE YOU. xoxoxo

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cara alwill's avatar

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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Zara Barrie's avatar

YESSSSS

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Mark Hayes's avatar

BTW, In every one of your pieces I read, and especially when I hear you reading them it’s abundantly clear that…

…your sparkle is not only intact but it glitters brightly. It’s not something that mood causes you to lose, even right after your brother passed, you shimmered brightly in the strength that you showed to talk about what you were going through with honesty, vulnerability and an extreme generosity.

Sparkle brightly, Zara!

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Zara Barrie's avatar

Aww thank you for this comment! Means the world. I struggled with that recording there was so much sparkle outside my window in Austin TX (in the form of live music) I was distracted and had to re-record several times and was not on my game (clearly I messed up which recording I downloaded). But seriously thank you so much for your meaningful words—keeps me going!

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Mark Hayes's avatar

Ummmmmm, the voice over is for your last Grief Island piece...

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Zara Barrie's avatar

OMG thank YOU! I JUST fixed it and appreciate you letting me know! This is what HAPPENS when you do too much in a day—you make dumb MISTAKES!

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Mark Hayes's avatar

It was totally selfish on my part — love listening to you read your pieces!

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Zara Barrie's avatar

HONORED

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