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Oh, you read so beautifully, what a wonderful story, I was visualising it๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ

Apologies for the video, it wasnโ€™t my finest hour and Iโ€™ve deleted them.

Yesterday was a terrible day , I hate Tuesdays ๐Ÿ’”

Thankyou for the love , I send it back to you and everyone here๐Ÿ’–

Enjoy your evening ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–

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Sending love to you Trudi,tough times for sure ๐Ÿ’œ

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๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–

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Trudi - Iโ€™m thinking of you. X

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Thanks Sarah , hope youโ€™re ok ๐Ÿ’–

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Not the greatest of weeks for me, but tiny in comparison to the hurt your feeling. Iโ€™m not able to say to you I know how you feel because I donโ€™t but I just want you to know itโ€™s very clear what a lovely woman you are & thought about a lot ๐Ÿ˜˜

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Bless you and thanks again. ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–

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Thinking of you T x

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Love coming all the way from Australia Trudi. Think of you often and keep the faith โค๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ

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Thatโ€™s so lovely Alannah, thankyou. I send love to you also ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–

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Hope youโ€™ve had a better day today Trudi, lots of love x

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Thanks Catherine, it was a bad day. The 2 year anniversary is next week and I just fell apart. Apologies to anyone I worried ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ

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๐Ÿฅฒ we are all with you Trudi โค๏ธ

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๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–

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Well itโ€™s half past Bette Midler,fucks sakes ๐Ÿคฎ

Loved the story time,actually gave me tingles,I remembered the book from primary school,a blast from the past..Iโ€™m sure u werenโ€™t but I pictured u in a big armchair like Jackanory ๐Ÿคฃ

The mood is definitely low Abi,I have felt and seen it this week,not helped today by my mum saying that Zelensky seems like a lovely man (she didnโ€™t appreciate my howls of laughter)๐Ÿ˜ฉ canโ€™t believe something so trivial nearly tipped me over the edge but itโ€™s exhausting and made me feel quite sadโ€ฆ.had a wee bubble when I got homeโ€ฆโ€ฆ.itโ€™s so hard living amongst them,especially those we love who think weโ€™re nutters all of a sudden. Chin up,keep those vibrations high(well thatโ€™s what Iโ€™m telling myself anyway) Big hugs xx

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I couldn't agree more. I fear my eldest son is lost to the dark side. Feel upset tonight. The story has made me cry. Sorry...but when you say 'those we love think we're nutters'. That us so true, so so true for me. Its so true and hard to bear. Big hugs back to you and everyone here xx

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Bless you Louise,

This utter shit show has divided so many, please try not to worry too much as Iโ€™m sure he knows and understands your love for him, despite different views on certain things.

I hope youโ€™re ok and much love to you ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–

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Thanks Trudi. I feel I should apologise to you. Reading back my comments, I sound a little selfish. You have suffered real loss of your lovely son Ben. I struggle at times with all this and I think I let all the emotion get to me yesterday. You always give out loving, positive messages Trudi and I'd like to thank you for that xx๐Ÿฅฐ

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Louise, donโ€™t ever apologise. Your feelings and emotions are valid and are also important. Iโ€™m glad you share it with our group and I hope that it helps you.

Scream, shout, swear, cry... do whatever you need to do and know that we care.

I feel the love from Abi and you all, it does help and itโ€™s lovely that we care for each other.

I hope you feel a bit better today , go easy and do what gets you through.

Lots of love ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–

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Thank you Trudi, you are a shining star in a dark world and as you say, it helps tremendously to hear and share views and thoughts on here. Thanks so much for your message ๐Ÿฅฐxx

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๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–

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There is always a chance we might be nutters๐Ÿคฃ

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That is very true ๐Ÿ˜Š. What's that saying? You don't have to be mad to work here, but it helps! ๐Ÿคฃxx

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Itโ€™s very sad about your son Louiseโ€ฆ.itโ€™s a worry. I think itโ€™s possible that our paths are laid out already,you are on yours and he is on hisโ€ฆ..not fun. Stay strong ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜˜

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Thank you for that and maybe you're right that our paths are already laid out for us. The division caused by the last couple of years is one of the worst things. My son has fell for all the BS and thinks me and his dad have lost the plot. I was trying to explain about the tyrants Trudeau and Ardern and the segregation of society they promoted, but he wasn't having any of it. He said he was pro vaccine and my heart sank ๐Ÿ˜ฅ. I'm am not anti vax, just anti this jab because I know what it really is. I won't give up on him and I'll try to keep strong, but its bloody hard sometimes. Thanks for your message xx

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The division is horrible,most of us are going thru it,nobody outwith my immediate family is on board.

We went very gently initially with our kids,not wanting to go fully satanic on them,just persuaded them to wait re jabs,no rush etc then gently slipped stuff in. I have a 19 yr old son who is unjabbed andโ€™ kind of โ€˜on board with some stuff but they have bn schooled at the school of woke and think they know everything.,he wonโ€™t have the jabs ๐Ÿ˜…but is a work in progress. We were worried about our 25 yr old daughter who had bn living in London and all her pals were getting jabbed,it was almost trendy,she split with her boyfriend and came home during one of the lockdowns ,listened to what we had to say,stayed unjabbed and was flat earthing within 48 hrs of coming home,something weโ€™d never even looked at๐Ÿคฃ she has met a lovely unjabbed lad,who we have full on indoctrinated,they are so in love and they have moved in together.

Iโ€™ve just reminded myself how lucky I am whilst typing this!

It is so hard but yes donโ€™t give up on him,thereโ€™s stuff coming out everyday,things are happening,things will change ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿ˜˜

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Abi. You really are the voice of reason in a world that seems to get madder by the day. You make me laugh, you make me cry. Have you got a PayPal account? I would like to contribute. I haven't much butI look forward to your daily message, even more so since you've been banned by the c**ts at Twitter. I love your friend Cathy on Twitter........ Has she got a wall of cunts as well? Keep fighting the good fight. You're loved by many xxxxxx

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Same ๐Ÿฅฐ

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Hello Abi and friends

Just finished listening to your reading from Oscar Wilde, how beautiful is that story - you read it perfectly, really enjoyed it. I imagined you as a primary school teacher, with a class of little ones sitting cross legged on the floor, all agog, imagining the Giant..

We have a momentous day with many government reisgnations, let's hope the swamp can be drained ! We need good leadership and TRUTH spoken about the horrors we have all been thrrough. I hope you agree, friends..

I'll pop off to Cathy Crunt now for a giggle on Facebook.

Catch you all tomorrow, and look forward to it

Lots of love, as Abs does the outro again

Jan xxx

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I can just envisage that , how lovely ๐Ÿฅฐ

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Thank you Abibama , I loved hearing you read this, it was balm for the soul. I will be listening again and again to your beautiful reading.

I loved how you switched government to dictatorship without a second thought . Bang on ๐Ÿฅฐ

Have a lovely evening all .

โค๏ธ

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I just want to say how wonderful our little Substack family is, I hope you all feel the love.

We are all going through our own stuff, yet we all support each other and that my friends, is a beautiful thing.

Abi, I hope you are feeling it too.

Be proud of the family youโ€™ve created.

Massive thanks Abi

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The Selfish Giant. I have not heard that story for years. My mother used to read it to me as a child. Such a beautiful story and important moral message. Thanks Abi. It brought back so many memories ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’•

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Billionaire Nadhim Zahawi set up YouGov. Says it all. Again.

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You cannot trust the YouGov polls.

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Exactly . Rigged to the core so I was v interested to learn who was the ring leader !

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I loved your Macy Gray, amazing! But the story has made me cry. Having a wobble today. As I've replied to Jules below, I fear my eldest is lost to the dark side and I fear what's coming. Sorry everyone for being down, but I find all this shit really scary sometimes xx

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Life is so hard right now Louise with everything that is being thrown at us. Itโ€™s like we are not living in the real world. I wish you better days๐Ÿค—

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That was lovely and brought a lump to my throat, thank you for sharing xx

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It did me too, beautiful story ๐Ÿ’–

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Thank you for reading such a beautiful story, a lesson for all of us. God bless you Abi x

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Absolutely beautiful story, thank you Abi. ๐Ÿ’•

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Catching up this morning! Beautiful reading Abi. Just what I needed on this crazy day! X

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What a beautiful story Abi. Iโ€™ve heard it before but itโ€™s beauty never diminishes. Iโ€™m new to sub stack, missed you on Twitter and GB News. Now looking forward to your daily chats x

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Welcome to the family Jan ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–

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Thank you Trudi ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’– I have quite a few podcasts of Abiโ€™s to catch up on. It will be time well spent, not just the comedy but such a lovely lady who is on the same page as me!

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So thinking of you Trudi ๐Ÿ’”

๐ŸŒนโค๏ธ๐ŸŒน

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Beautiful Story

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