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tamara pullman's avatar

Tommy~!

‘somewhere, a Jewish somewhere’ is it, you named it, reading that made me cry anew~wow, the fullness of it all~ too much. and not only that~youve found a sure fire cure for sciatica!! A miracle to see you gleeful on the dance dirt patch:)

signed,

mother of the groom

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Tommy Swerdlow's avatar

Thanks for midwifing me leg delivery.

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Patris's avatar

Blessings on your children - on all of you 🙏

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Martin Mc Carthy's avatar

Tommy, I'm so glad to hear the good news about you not being fated to "a life of limp and gimp solitude." So, if it only took a "home-spun" wedding to turn the pain express around and even get you dancing - What a miracle! There is always something to be said for a bit of faith!

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JoshuaNearly's avatar

“I’m a joy boy at heart”… me too!

The things you write that come from there, for me at least, are just dazzling! Thanks for taking us all along. It was wonderful!

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Tommy Swerdlow's avatar

Grand!

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Kathy Martens's avatar

Interesting how connecting to your roots helped your painful root be at ease… Lovely reflection. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏻💕

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Tommy Swerdlow's avatar

You're welcome Kathy

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Shaista Ali's avatar

Gorgeous.

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Tommy Swerdlow's avatar

Thanks Shaista.

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Kimberly Warner's avatar

You’ve done it again. TRANSPORTED.

You’re a genius and I look forward to experience it every time your name appears in my feed.

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Tommy Swerdlow's avatar

Thank you. Kimberly. Glad it hits you takes somewhere (and an adversity connoisseur to boot).

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Kimberly Warner's avatar

Oh hell yeh.

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Tommy Swerdlow's avatar

I meant to say glad it takes you somewhere, but you knew that.

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Holly Starley's avatar

Wonderful!

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Tommy Swerdlow's avatar

Was gonna read it and send it to you, but I got lazy.

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Holly Starley's avatar

I get that. 😉

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Roy Strassman's avatar

Great piece, Tommy— and great writing, too. You are a man after my own heart.

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Tommy Swerdlow's avatar

Thanks Roy.

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Renee Missel's avatar

Lovely. Keep dancin' and swayin' .

What a lovely wedding.

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Tommy Swerdlow's avatar

It was

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AK's avatar

Lovely

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Patris's avatar

So perfect

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Tommy Swerdlow's avatar

Danka. Was a good event.

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ilana simons's avatar

Bound to you Jew

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Tommy Swerdlow's avatar

Rebound

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colleen's avatar

Loved this bright spot today!

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Tommy Swerdlow's avatar

I'm glad Colleen.

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siru kadhai's avatar

The way you have been writing about sciatica is damn good past few weeks! Been a sufferer myself for a decade and done/doing the entire gamut of healing through pilates, hatha yoga, food-as-medicine, ayurvedic oils, I know the drill. Often, while hiking up a mountain, when I see clouds about me floating, I forget the pain entirely. Or when I furiously type away like a cat on the pressing problems of the world, I don't realise it until the next week when I see a mountain of a wordcount besides a mountain of pain side by side. I guess faith in living and in the madness within you keeps you going!

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Reflections's avatar

So beautiful

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Tommy Swerdlow's avatar

You're a sucker for a good Jewish soul moment.

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