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Sandra Yvonne's avatar

"I could hear them laughing, and I’d be lying if I said at that moment, I wasn’t thinking about crawling back to the beginning of the tube and dragging their little asses in there with me."

Wishing I had read this sooner--a much needed laugh.

Please write these stories whether publicly or privately forever. They're gonna be so fun to look back on.

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Rick Lewis's avatar

Ha ha, loved this story Randy! So well told. I boy can I relate. For me it just felt like my organs stopped staying in place, and going on those rides the way I used to when the kids were little just got progressively harder, because it felt like my entire intestinal tract re-routed itself in my torso. I happened to also take a several week break from reading and commenting on my favorite people, so you did me a favor. Going into super busy season for conference speaking, so will keep up the best I can, but always enjoy your posts.

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randy's avatar

Thank you, Rick and best of luck with your speaking events. By the way, your threads on Twitter this summer really crushed it. They felt natural and you did a great job of formatting your content to fit the medium. I know you had similar feelings as me about Twitter, but you did a great job on there.

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Rick Lewis's avatar

I really appreciate your encouragement Randy. Every little bit helps when you're shooting into the void and not sure how or what is landing. Jury is still out for me, but I'm giving it a sincere try. : )

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Becky Isjwara's avatar

Welcome back! And wow that sounds like a *fair* bit of trouble at the fair. Though I'm glad you made it out of that monkey maze. Great photo by the way, your daughter looks absolutely ecstatic!

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randy's avatar

Thank you! And yes, she was. She had the time of her life.

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John Bruce Laing's avatar

I am glad you are back. Glad enough that I waited until Substack sent me the login email I needed to log in to comment. I couldn't just comment. I had to spend several seconds following the Substack commenting ritual to comment. But it was totally worth it. Now I can finally say, "It's great to have you back!" And thank you for sharing the awesome pic.

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randy's avatar

Thank you, John, for that investment of your time. Much appreciated 😁

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