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Oct 15, 2023Liked by Helen De Cruz

Im so happy that I found you! I came across you in Substack last week while waiting for an antibiotic at the striking pharmacy. (Turns out I have Covid for the first time and somewhat surprised, but I may have grown complacent.)

I love this piece and I can picture the woman so easily in my mind.... the kindness and the reflective quality of her life is very clear. A life well lived is a life lived with clear eyes and heart. You drew a lovely picture of her capturing truly, and honoring a life, not without sorrow or regret, but awake and lived fully.

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I agree, I think, but can you say something about why you think hers was a life well lived? If this were fiction, I think I would value it, perhaps sentimentally, as an example of integrity. But I'm interested in what criteria to apply to real people, or whether "criteria" are appropriate.

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