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Anna Luna-Raven's avatar

omg, how tragic. 😪

Natalie was a beautiful soul - and your writing captured all of that magic.

i feel for her son, so young in age. i weep for him.

sometimes, we live only to touch other people's lives, and she has done that to you, and you to her.

you gave her memory justice. she was in fact, lucky to have that lovely talk with you before she left the world, gaining another friend in you. and you are blessed, to realise through her, that life is fleeting and we should all just be kind to each other while we're here. 💔

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Tamy Faierman M.D.'s avatar

Thank you for reading and reflecting, Anna. Yes to everything you wrote.

Heartbreaking and beautiful, such is life.

May we experience the full catastrophe of the human experience. 🙏✨💗🧿

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Saira Anwar's avatar

Heartbreakingly beautiful Tamy. Beautiful tribute to Natalie. Life is precious. 😢❤️🫶🏻

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Tamy Faierman M.D.'s avatar

🙏✨💙

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Saira Anwar's avatar

My pleasure, Tamy! 💛💙❤️✨️🫶🏻

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Wendy Hawkes's avatar

Wonderful tribute written with such grace. What a poignant way to celebrate life, with all its intricacies, highs & lows, but mostly the connections we make, no matter how fleeting, which can so deeply affect us. Despite never knowing Natalie, my heart sank when reading this story, yet also flutters with its reminder to honor the beauty that is this precious life. Thank you for sharing.

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Tamy Faierman M.D.'s avatar

Thank you for reading and reflecting so beautifully , Wendy🙏✨💗

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Susan Hickman's avatar

Such a sad story and told so well. Now I’m thinking of Natalie’s son.

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Tamy Faierman M.D.'s avatar

Thank you for reading and reflecting @Susan Hickman 🙏

I often remember that he’s close to my youngest son’s age, who just turned 17, and so I think of him, and Natalie, often, too.🥺✨🙏

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Susan Hickman's avatar

Hey, get in touch when you return from holiday, we’ll zoom

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Tamy Faierman M.D.'s avatar

Will do, sent you DM🤗

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Susan Hickman's avatar

😞

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Rhiannon's avatar

You wrote that absolutely beautifully. You were able to bring me right to each moment and feel the feelings from each person. Really great job writing and reminding everyone how short life is. Thank you.

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Tamy Faierman M.D.'s avatar

Thank you for reading & reflecting , Rhiannon, painful experience memorialized on the page🙏✨😊

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Olu Ayo's avatar

This devastated me. I’m out here crying in the middle of changing my son’s diaper.

Thank you so much for lovingly sharing Natalie’s story, for being a witness to the inner, outer beauty her presence placed in the world.

I am so sorry for your loss, for her son’s loss, for the very real pain of her and her fiancé’s passing.

I needed to read this. It re-oriented my day, my week. Thank you again.

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Tamy Faierman M.D.'s avatar

Wow, @Olu Ayo , just now reading your message, you made my day!

Thank you for reading, thank you for receiving, thank you for feeling, thank you for caring, and mostly thank you for reflecting back your experience of my piece.

This was a painful experience for all involved, shockingly traumatic for me, and I think of her son, to this day, since he’s around my youngest son’s age, 17.

Thank you for allowing this read to re-orient your day/week.

This is the magic of our connections here on this platform. Real people feeling each other through the written word.

Thank YOU , Olu, for BEing✨🙏💗🕉️😊

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Gary W. Sherwin's avatar

So beautifully written. So emotionally heartfelt. Thank you for sharing this. We all tend to miss the universe of life's twist and turns. Our existence is so chaotic. But we can tease some view of its hidden order, both in pain an happiness.

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Tamy Faierman M.D.'s avatar

Thank you for reading and reflecting @Gary W. Sherwin 🙏✨😊 Yes, the inexplicable wicked twists and turns of this universe often leave me breathless.

I love your phrasing : ‘teasing some view of its hidden order in pain and happiness’ - I do trust in the perfection of it all, even when it doesn’t suit me🕉️

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Louise Morris's avatar

My darling, your gift of eloquence is matched only by your incredible compassion. The fact that your patients were so perfectly at ease that they could be vulnerable and share openly their deepest selves, and you saw them and walked with them. I weep for Natalie, and all who had the privilege of meeting her. I thank the universe that in her final days she got to meet you though - not just a doctor but a human who listened to her, authentically connected with her, understood her, and told her she was beautiful inside and out. If only there were more soul surgeons like you in this world. xxx

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Tamy Faierman M.D.'s avatar

Thank you, my lovely. Your words resonate deeply in me.

Thank you for feeling me. Thank you for seeing me 🙏💗🕉️

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Louise Morris's avatar

Ditto 💕🦋💕

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Tamy Faierman M.D.'s avatar

going to sleep soon??? LOL

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Louise Morris's avatar

😂 now I really feel seen 🙈😂 I’m going I’m going! X

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Tamy Faierman M.D.'s avatar

hahaha I got you , girl!

Gotta get up early with the kids, I imagine.

Sending love💗💗💗😊

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Tamy Faierman M.D.'s avatar

Thank you for restacking and sharing @Renée Evette 🙏✨💗

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