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meta mendel-reyes's avatar

Love this. Maybe she surfed a tsunami back to Kauai, where she rests on a palm frond, next to a chicken, looking forward to your next visit.

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Tanya Shaffer's avatar

Haha! May it be so!

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Lucie Kybal-Syrovy's avatar

Oh Tanya! What a refreshing take on a memoir! I laughed in so many places as I read the notebook's adventures... I felt connected to your creative soul as I travelled with the notebook through Hawaii's lush gardens and landscape. Loved the part when it waited for the tsunami and... 7:17 and crickets. Ha Ha ha! Wonderful photos, too.

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Tanya Shaffer's avatar

Thank you so much, Lucie!! So glad you enjoyed it! ❤️

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Bonnie Shaw's avatar

Very powerful but must let the imagination go free for the ride

thank you

I think she's out there experiencing a new type of existence. She remembers you & now she's living her own adventure.

Maybe you could start a new journal and when you least expect she will return.

Loved your story of doing, hoping & just being

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Tanya Shaffer's avatar

Thank you, Bonnie! I hope she returns some day as well. Meanwhile, I hope she's living her best life. Thanks a lot for the comment! 😀

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Ruta Rakutis's avatar

Very imaginative--liked the story very much!

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Tanya Shaffer's avatar

Thanks so much, Ruta!

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LINDA AYRES FREDERICK's avatar

What a lovely story and so beautifully told! Thank you. Hoping some writer finds it and sends it back if you have any identification inside it. And the photos were splendid too!

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Tanya Shaffer's avatar

Thanks so much, Linda! So glad you enjoyed it. Sadly, I don't think I had my name or number in it anywhere. A good lesson for the future! I'm sad she's gone, but I hope she's out there living her best life. 😊

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