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That was an enviable position to be in. How did you know Sally? I think I remember you telling me that you came to the conference to support her. I thought you might know her from Boston.

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I am the one that searched for Catholic Imagination Conference and came up with the one in DC. I couldn't find anything about the one in Notre Dame, which is the one I want to go to. He will probably want to go to if I give him the right info. At Dallas, when I stopped to speak with Dana on the last evening, he stood up for a photo with me and my friends. I noticed he was sitting across from Cynthia Haven and Sally Thomas, and I didn't know you but you were there too. That's how close!

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Yes, that was my table. Sally is my beer and ice cream buddy. Sally was across from me and Dana beside me. It was a fun table. There was Cynthia and also a young man named Anthony as well—neither of whom I knew before the conference. I remember turning to Anthony saying, “What a gift to be sitting here!” Great group!

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Feb 3Liked by Zina Gomez-Liss

🎉 congratulations 🎉

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Thank you so much, Dave! What a wonderful year.

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Feb 3Liked by Zina Gomez-Liss

Surprised it’s been a year already. Thank you for sharing your writing with us!

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Thank you for reading and also for the many years of support and fellowship. You and your sister are such blessings.

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Happy birthday to your Substack! You're a wonderful example of a writer who knows her goals and expresses herself in an approachable way. I admire your work so much.

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And I admire your work so much. So many years in the same circles. First with podcasting and now with Substack. ❤️

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✊🏻✊🏻

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Feb 3Liked by Zina Gomez-Liss

Happy First Year! May the second be even better! About "good" and "bad"----maybe that's why God didn't want humanity to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil!

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Amen. Diane, you are a blessing. So glad we connected in August! ❤️🙏 Providential!

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Feb 3Liked by Zina Gomez-Liss

Happy Birthday! Thank you for sharing your insights, celebrations, and struggles with us all. It's truly a blessing.

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Knowing you is a blessing! Keep up the writing, Adam. I am always interested in what you have to say. ❤️

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Congrats! Looking forward to the years to come.

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Thank you so much, David! ❤️🙏

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Congratulations on your anniversary! And the fellowship as well!

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Oh my gosh, Simon. It’s an honor that you even read anything I write. In fact, I may have literally said “squeeeee!” when I found out that you were following my Substack. 🤣

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No problem. Don't inflate my ego, I'm just this guy you know! 😅

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Congratulations on the end of the strike. And on your Substack's one year anniversary!

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Thank you! You are so lovely, and it is an honor that you read anything I write. ❤️ Hope to meet you IRL someday!

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I hope we do meet, and sooner rather than later. Me lovely? Okay maybe. But you lovely for sure.

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If you are going to the next Catholic Imagination Conference then I will probably be there. Crossed fingers!🤞

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I don't know if I'm going. I hope one of my traveling buddies will want to go with me, since I need help or I can't do it.

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Well, I hope someone can go with you. If not I will have to make an excuse to go out to CA. Unfortunately if I go it’s usually an extremely short trip so I barely have any spare time. If God wills it, it will happen.

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Stuart qualified what he said that he wasn't making a firm commitment. So if he falls through, I'll let you know. Although that would be a lot to ask. I do hope I can hang out with you there though. Maybe plan to stay at the same hotel . . ..

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That is the sweetest offer I've ever gotten! I just talked to Stuart and he's interested. Is that in DC in September at CUA?

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