23 Comments
Feb 5Liked by Joy Nicholas

Beautiful writing and a beautiful window into this memory. Thank you.

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This is so beautiful, Joy! I was in that shop with you.❤️❤️

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The descriptions in this piece are so vivid. I loved this!

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Feb 3Liked by Joy Nicholas

Love your descriptive writing of an ordinary scene and the way it brought a beautiful memory to the surface ✨

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Loved this, Joy. And I especially loved the descriptions of all the different people inside the shop. I could totally picture each one of them.

Hope you enjoyed your falafels! Afyiet olsun/Guten appetit ;)

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Feb 2Liked by Joy Nicholas

Love is not blind. Love opens our eyes to see the true beauty of a person.

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Feb 1Liked by Joy Nicholas

This was wonderful, I'm tearing up in the school pick-up line. Joy you have such an uncanny way of painting the way a moment and place feels with words. I love it. Your writing is so immersive. I miss my granddad, too ❤️

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Why you making me cry on a Thursday morning? 😭 this was so tender + sweet, Joy. I loved every bit of it 🤍

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Feb 1Liked by Joy Nicholas

Love this. ❤️

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Feb 1Liked by Joy Nicholas

What a lovely sight to see. And those Döner kebab shops are something else-love them! Best one we had was in Prague.

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Your descriptive language here was mesmerizing. I love how you captured the emotion of that simple moment by building the scene with all those tiny but significant details. Loved this so much ❤️

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So very sweet. I still miss Dad every day and find so many memories popping up that bring smiles and tears ❤️

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