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You should be proud of the person you are and wouldn’t be without all these experiences. You are sweet, amazing, lovable, kind, thoughtful, charismatic, talented, handsome, beautiful and so aware. I am proud of you and amazed at all you are. The best is yet to come and I wish you so much happiness in the next phase of your journey. 💛💙❤️ I love you so much 😘🤗

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What happens when a Scorpio edits an Aries. :) We love you PP and New York will miss you very much. But if L.A. PP will continue to write newsletter entries as wonderful as this, then my (upstate) New Yorker self can live with that!

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You have to come back at the very least for our rain-chequed dinner from 2015.

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Phill - it’s been too long! So glad I happened upon this. So many thoughts swirling in my head, one being that we had so much more to talk about! I was wowed by you from the minute you launched Them and loved getting the chance to help out with some extremely moving projects. Sending much love for this new chapter. I am here always. 💛

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My babe! Don’t leave? I would say.. you deserve New York. Believe she’ll be here for you to return to (or I’ll skin you). I am deeply proud to be your friend and thankful we found each other when we did. Love you tremendously. Don’t leave? Don’t leave for too long?

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Phillip - this soul-baring piece is both beautiful and painful. I am left in tears, but wish only the best for you and Darien in LA. Looking forward to so much more of your insight and wit from the West Coast

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Thank you for sharing so honestly! It’s extremely vulnerable to write something like this and therefore also very brave. But it also is a real sign of growth and strength to be able to look back and accept the past. To see why you acted certain ways, in hindsight to wish you handled it differently - basically the most human thing ever. I think everyone has their own series of regrets (I know I do) and it is a relief to know I’m not alone and I’m sure many people will feel the same. As always, you write with such grace, it’s moving and inspiring. Excited for you and Darien and your new chapter in LA - I hope it’s full of joy and abundance! I’m sure it has a lot to offer you. Plus the outfits you’ll turn out in that sunshine. I’m already obsessed x

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This piece for me feels so sad. I’m sure it mirrors where you are in your life, but I also hope that however checked out you felt about your experience in NY, you understand that you were able to actually have it. Phil you got the dream that a million girls wanted...but like everything else in life things in life are impermanent. It’s incredible to see someone achieve so much only to see them grow so much more because they’ve lived the life they’ve dreamed and realized it’s not right for them anymore. That high state of consciousness is what makes you the strong, adaptable human being that you are. You have a whole world to be apart of and while NYC is magic there are new experiences to be had. If I’ve learned anything in my short 29 years of life and an ongoing battle with cancer it is that nothing lasts forever. So choose love and passion. Stay present. Take care. Stay well and good luck in your new home.

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Appreciate you being candid and vulnerable. So powerful and resonant.

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This is great, Phillip - thank you!

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