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Aug 6, 2020Liked by Meghan Palmer

Yesterday I was sitting in Grand Army Plqza at sunset- kids were playing in the fountain, a couple was kissing beside the statues, I was reading a very sad book (you know the one). I had to pack up and go home because I started to cry.

Perhaps it was the main character’s turmoil in my book, or the fact that even when New York is so beautiful and vibrant it still feels like the ghost of itself- but it was an overwhelming moment. Your essay makes me think that maybe I should have let myself be the girl who sits in the park and openly cries for no tangible reason. Instead of rushing home to do it in private. After all, I think New York has seen worse.

Thanks always for the brilliant perspective, and I appreciate you following up the crying discussion with a good laugh with John Mulaney at the end. Tis the balance we need.

P.s. Love You Forever gets me EVERY TIME.

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That sounds like such a touching moment-- the exact sort of thing that would make me cry! You're very right in that New york has seen much worse, I'm all about the street crying in the city.

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Aug 7, 2020Liked by Meghan Palmer

Omg, Meghan. That short story link you shared was....such a good one, wow.

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Right? I'm so glad you enjoyed it. it sort of made me think about how children born into this time might view the world, being born during such a tumultous time. Etgar Kent is SO GOOD.

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Aug 6, 2020Liked by Meghan Palmer

The latest thing that made me cry was my nephew passing away unexpectedly at the age of 27. I cried when my daughter Caitlin who has down syndrome danced her list stands at raskin and when she graduated I also cried when my daughter Meghan did her love France at raskin

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Aug 6, 2020Liked by Meghan Palmer

I am SUCH a crier... it feels good to relate! xoxo

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Amen, girl! Me too.

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Aug 6, 2020Liked by Meghan Palmer

I think I had blocked that Fox and the Hound scene out of my brain until now! So sad. I wonder if that's why we accidentally brought home a baby fox thinking it was a puppy when I was in high school. Subconsciously trying to comfort the cartoon fox that destroyed our emotions as kids.

A good cry is so helpful.

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I hadn't even thought about the fox we accidentally took home that one time.. maybe that's why the scene is so touching? Or maybe it's just the odl school Disney magic.

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It's v cheesy and so cliche of me as a creative in advertising BUT a good commercial, one with puppies or a grandma or legit anything sentimental can make me cry. ALSO those videos of soldiers coming from war/their tour to surprise their kids at school get me EVERY TIME.

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Leonard Cohen, of an evening, with wine: The Partisan, Leaving the table, Show me the place, and of course, hallelujah

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Ohhh, looking all of this up right now to add to my "when i need to cry" comsumption list!

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Also Gary Jules, Mad World, and Nine Inch Nails, by Johnny Cash. The Partisan is a French WW2 classic, but Leonard’s version is best.

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Aug 8, 2020Liked by Meghan Palmer

Sorry, the song is Hurt, originally by Nine Inch Nails

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