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Mom, minister, doula. My love languages are sarcasm, Bavarian cream donuts, and Oxford commas.

Houston, TX
Joined October 2009
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Need to make my kids lunch but the cat just laid down on my lap so I guess they’re on their own
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On the Chickfila sign it was advertising family night with what I read as “Texas shakes” but then I realized it actually said Texas snakes and I cannot adequately describe how quickly my level of interest plummeted
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This is why I believe the human race will ultimately survive. Because we may burn the world down but then we also do things like this
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It’s only Tuesday, what on earth
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This article was extremely poignant and heartbreaking, but hopeful.
This is such a beautifully reported story of a family venturing away from the world of conservative homeschooling and discovering that the world beyond is vastly different from what they’d been told. washingtonpost.com/education…
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Asked my 7 year old a question and he said “I don’t know mom, my mind is full of sand” and when I tell you I felt that in my soul
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I was able to locate all 14 of our overdue library books in the house in less than 10 minutes, which just goes to show that miracles do still happen.
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I spent all day yesterday on the phone trying to find a covid booster for my toddler. The children’s hospital didn’t have it. The pediatrician didn’t have any appointments open until the end of January. Vaccine.gov only lists locations for ages 3+.
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Finally got through to the health department and they have a one-day clinic this Saturday. I have to drive 35 minutes but we are going to go and hope the info they gave me is accurate.
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My kids are whispering and carrying something heavy up the stairs, this is fine right? Everything is fine
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My toddler had Christmas pictures today at daycare and I totally forgot, so she is definitely wearing the pajama shirt she slept in the night before. Follow me for more parenting tips.
I have tons of stuff to do but obviously I cannot do any of it now
The most disappointing news I’ve heard today. cannot imagine a better Geralt than Henry Cavill.
It’s official: The Witcher is returning for Season 4, and Henry Cavill will be handing his swords to Liam Hemsworth as the new Geralt of Rivia after Season 3. Welcome to the Witcher family, @LiamHemsworth! Read more: netflix.com/tudum/articles/t…
The impact of representation
As I stroll on TikTok, I keep seeing parents video their children reacting to The Little Mermaid trailer. So instead of focusing so much on the negative, I thought I’d show a thread of the little black kids who are excited to see their favorite princess look like them.
I co-lead a local food pantry and am there often on Saturdays. This weekend a 6th grade boy came in to help translate for his Spanish-speaking grandmother. 1/
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After they had been there a while and his grandmother continued to look through the clothes, he asked me if we had any cardboard boxes. I told him I’m sure we do, and tried to get more clarification on what he needed them for. 2/
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There is no support, no standard safety net after having a baby. One of the many reasons the U.S. maternal mortality rate is so bad.
The past week was one of the most joyous – and scary – of my life. (a 🧵) I gave birth to my daughter and my heart grew several sizes. Then the “silent killer” after childbirth hit me and I nearly died.
This is what it looks like when the church is willing to embrace art as a means for expressing what we do not have the words for.
We hung 780 flowers on the wall at church as an act of lament, protest and prayer over the kids who have been killed this year by gun violence. Just 1 lost this way is too many but 780? This is appalling. We need to face and grapple with what is happening. We need to change.
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Some very good tips in these responses.
I am very emotionally reactive when listening to people expressing views I disagree with. It's even difficult not to interrupt. Are there techniques to limit that reactivity so I can engage dispassionately and have genuine discussion?
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Follow up, my old apple watch doesn’t hold a charge anymore so I bought a new one today and ugh yes of course I love it
I still can’t believe @Apple convinced the whole world to wear watches again.
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It says it’s waterproof but I have a really hard time believing it because that is just bananas
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