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Isabel Cowles Murphy's avatar

Gonna say the obvious here... all that stuff was there before, baby girl just ripened up your consciousness. Pregnancy is an initiation into the greatest coven on earth. Is it any wonder witches get hunted? This power could wreck every institution ever made.

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Dia Lupo's avatar

No one could ever leave a better comment tbh

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Susan Coyne's avatar

Yes! I was gonna say that fortunately and unfortunately this is how I feel every day, and I’ve never been pregnant. Only “unfortunately” because when you’re tripping out on the nature of reality every day then agreeing to things like, I don’t know, every man-made structure in existence, is hard 😂

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Jenovia 🕸️'s avatar

What Isabel said. *mic drop* 🎤

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Dia Lupo's avatar

It’s giving Aquarius season 🫣🫣🫣

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Jenovia 🕸️'s avatar

🎯🎯🎯💥

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Kait Lucas's avatar

Obsessed with this comment and this entire piece. More please. 💖

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Dia Lupo's avatar

Appreciate you reading so much ❤️❤️

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Caroline's avatar

Babe, let’s get you a kaftan ASAP!!!

Mwah mwah! This is perfection.

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Dia Lupo's avatar

2025 year of the kaftan baby 😍😍 THANK YOU

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Tortie's avatar

Do it. Overly large dresses are the best 3rd trimester garments possible.

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Dia Lupo's avatar

I like this advice 🫶🏼

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Deirdre Lewis's avatar

Go Philly. I want to read a whole book of this.

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Dia Lupo's avatar

Andrew has really been urging me to flesh this out into a manuscript so never say never 🥹

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Deirdre Lewis's avatar

I'm with Andrew, this is the 'what to expect when you're expecting' we all need to hear.

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Isabel Cowles Murphy's avatar

I have been waiting for this for months. I haven't even read it but I'm commenting, that's how much I've yearned.

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Dia Lupo's avatar

I’m so here for an advance comment

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Atara Horrigan's avatar

I love this post. Yay to heightened consciousness. Let the baby remind you - you are god. You and baby and all life around are one unified consciousness. Let the synchronicity flow like a river. Thanks for being a reflector, with your lovely writing and your lovely being, of the great mystery within us all. Big hugs. Oh and P.S. thanks for checking out my notes/blog as well (this is how I found you.) xx!

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Dia Lupo's avatar

Such a gorgeous comment to log onto. THANK YOU ANGEL ❤️❤️❤️

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daisy cashin's avatar

Goodness.

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Dia Lupo's avatar

we missed ya Daisy don't leave again

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daisy cashin's avatar

Okay!

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Dylan's avatar

hope to experience motherhood and to be as cool as you one day

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Dia Lupo's avatar

you seem way cooler than me already so imagine how special your baby will be <3

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Gregg B.'s avatar

Beautiful essay, Dia!

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Dia Lupo's avatar

Thank you so much 🙂

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Bx's avatar

You're like, really fucking cool. Mean that.

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Dia Lupo's avatar

I’ll fcking take it TY ANGEL 😍

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Jenovia 🕸️'s avatar

GOTDAMN. 💥

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Dia Lupo's avatar

🥰🥰🥰

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Lisa Kholostenko's avatar

I am so disappointed this wasn't written in Russian because my Eastern European mother would have EATEN. This. UP. The woman still makes me jangle the change in my wallet during a full moon because it means I'll be rich. More, please!

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Dia Lupo's avatar

We officially need to get your mom on Substack

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Nur Nadar's avatar

Who taught you how to pose 😂

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Dia Lupo's avatar

Tyra Banks circa ANTM season 1

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ava dasar's avatar

🩷 type of shit you read that make you wanna open your damn laptop up and write again

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Dia Lupo's avatar

that’s all I ever wanna write so THANK YOU gorgeous ❤️

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HANNAH's avatar

this is everything and more. I just read that exact quote from sexton’s love poems yesterday!

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Dia Lupo's avatar

Hello same wavelength 🤝🤝🤝🌊

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Violet Carol's avatar

I read this and restacked this so fast, then I wanted more, so I read it again 😭 I am OBSESSED with your writing voice 🩵

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Dia Lupo's avatar

This seriously means the world 😭 and gives me a lot of motivation to release the rest of this piece

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Violet Carol's avatar

I cannot wait!!!

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petrichor's avatar

i'd like to make you aware of the hoopoe bird. it checks pretty much all boxes for a 'nice bird' for me (even if just online)

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Dia Lupo's avatar

This made my day in so many ways

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petrichor's avatar

oh forgot to say, it makes a super cute sound too!

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