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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Aug-2023 16:31:07 JST Aral Balkan

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   • Abandoned America
   • Pratik Patel

   @AbandonedAmerica @ppatel 💕

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     Abandoned America (abandonedamerica@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Aug-2023 16:31:08 JST Abandoned America

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     Honestly if my entire body of work is forgotten tomorrow but I do a good job being there for them, that's okay by me.

     It's a weird thing, how priorities shift over time. How one day a wife and a hound & a feisty ginger cat are your best friends and you'd throw the rest of your life in the garbage if that made them secure. And, more importantly, how that wouldn't even seem like a bad trade if it came to it, because they bring so much in return. I'm glad I have them to love. I am grateful for it

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     Abandoned America (abandonedamerica@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Aug-2023 16:31:08 JST Abandoned America

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     Anyway, this is my overly verbose way of saying that while I enjoy posting photos of abandoned buildings, I'm not even trying to be cool, tbh I could post photos of my pets (and maybe if I'm allowed, my wife) all day and that would be fine by me. Not even great photos! Just ones that make me happy. I don't care. It is who I am.

     And you know what? I feel like that's okay here, and that makes me happy. So extend my thanks to you also, Fediverse folks. That's a nice feeling. I appreciate it.

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     Abandoned America (abandonedamerica@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Aug-2023 16:31:09 JST Abandoned America

     You know what, Fediverse? I care deeply about a lot of people and things but at the end of the day my wife (rarely pictured because she is shy) and these two goofy creatures are my whole world. Maybe it seems small and ridiculous, I don't care. I'm so lucky to share my world with them. Once upon a time I loved abandoned places the most but now I have them and that is more than enough. I feel endlessly fortunate about that.